Audacity Forum

This all happened after a reformat, maybe I am missing drivers. Bingo! I'd bet you're either missing driver software, or your driver software isn't set up properly. This, however, does not explain why I have the exact same issues on two completely separate computers at work. Unfortunately I simply ...

What kind of a microphone do you have? Is it a USB mic, a professional XLR mic, or a little computer mic with a 3-conductor jack plug? It really sounds like the mic is dead or dying. I can't explain why it's giving you a 1 second delay though, I would expect you to get nothing out of it at all if i...

THanks for the tips guys...I have actually poked around in all of those menus, and tried settings every which way. It's not echoey recording from hearing playback in the mic. I literally have a one second delay from the mic to the computer, and a bunch of echo, or maybe it's considered delay. That's...

Wow, I am having a very similar problem I think. I'm running Windows XP SP2. When I began with audacity, it worked fine. Plug in the mic and record. Then, I had a problem with my pc, and had it reformatted. The next time I tried to record, it no longer would record anything. I did a hardware test, a...

Has no one else experienced anything like this??? I don't know what else to do here, I hope someone will read this and have a suggestion or two. Perhaps my sound card is the problem?

ok now i have a new wrinkle to my problem. I managed to get some recording to come through. It is delayed and echoey upon recording, and I have no effects set. I don't even think you can do that until AFTER you've recorded something....

I have been using audacity for several months now. When I first started, I had no difficulty whatsoever. I plugged in a mic, and went to town. Now all of a sudden my computer is not recognizing any mics, and I'm getting a flatline. I've tried every troubleshooting idea I've come up with. I've also h...

I am starting to think there was an automatic update that came down that is doign something screwy to audacity. I first noticed my problem when I tried to record with a different mic. I thought it might be the mic or the cable or something. Then I tried with the mic that I was previously using- diff...

By the way, all computers I am attempting to use are running XP SP2.


Could this be some sort of automatic update that has foiled audacity? If so, is there anything I can do to fix it??

I am having a really strange problem with audacity. I've used it for months now, but suddenly I am getting no sound at all through the mic when I try to record. I have gone into audacity preferences, I have gone into the sound settings in my control panel, everything I can think of. I am totally out...