Audacity Forum

Try upgrading to Audacity 3.0.2: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/

I've downloaded the file, but if you could keep it up for a while that would be useful so that I can pass it on to the developers. Interestingly, if I extract and open the project (Audacity 3.0.2 Linux), reverse the first track, Undo, Save, Exit, then the project shrinks down to 186.3 MiB (195,362,8...

It all comes down to having a multi-channel sound card / audio device (with more than 2 input channels), and the necessary device drivers . On Windows, the device drivers are frequently the problem. Windows drivers are often 2 channels only, and Audacity cannot ship with ASIO drivers due to licensin...

Do you have any custom effects installed?

JCrimson97 wrote: ↑

Tue May 18, 2021 2:59 am

Hey, what about the ImageCache?

There's a link in the first post.

Are you using a "Portable Settings" folder on the USB stick? (see: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/portable_audacity.html) When using "Portable Settings", the plug-ins should be placed in "\Portable Settings\Plug-Ins\". You may also need to check in the Plug-in Mana...

Check all of your leads and connections.
If the problem persists, please state what equipment you are using and how it is all connected together.

Out of interest, I tried 7zip on ultra Size 444 MB (466,278,339 bytes) Size on disk 444 MB (466,280,448 bytes) Interesting. It is still larger than expected, since the actual project should contain about 250 MB of audio data, but that's a lot smaller than would be expected from 1.35 GB of audio dat...

remade89 wrote: ↑

Mon May 17, 2021 3:42 pm

I was wondering if there are any thoughts as to what error or why Audacity might automatically close.

If you run out of disk space in /var/tmp/ then Audacity will probably crash.

To record to a new track, hold down the Shift key while you click the record button (or "Shift + R"). No, that doesn't work. CTRL R starts an AUDIO track. NOT "Ctrl + R". To start recording to a new track, press " SHIFT + R" (or " SHIFT + Record button") The ...