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Audacity does not modify your sound device settings. Make sure you have a stereo track in Audacity. A USB headset is a separate audio device from the built-in sound card. You would have to check the USB headset settings in Windows rather than settings for the built-in speakers. Reinstalling Audacity...

Start from the basics by reading http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_copying_tapes_lps_or_minidiscs_to_cd.html . If you need help after that please tell us exactly what tape deck you have (make and model number) and exactly how you are connecting it to your computer. Tell us what version o...

If you overclock you are outside your warranty and you fix problems caused by it yourself.

Gale

AS directed, on the "Microphone/Properties/Advanced tab/Default Format", the "2 channel 16 bit, 44100 CD quality" option box is greyed out! Also greyed out is the "Restore defaults" tick box. Is this normal? My soundblaster was connected at the time. Is this the sound ...

Destroying the mic input would probably not cause Windows WASAPI recording of computer playback to fail. Be aware you don't need a new computer. You can get USB sound cards that have somewhat better quality than built-in sound and that have stereo mix if required, like Trust Sound Expert External. B...

Yes I did. But I still don't know how to continue.... How to continue with what? If you have rescanned and restarted Audacity, did you enable the plug-ins in "Install VST Effects" when it appeared? If the plug-ins are underneath the divider (towards the bottom) in the Effect Menu, that's ...

wavelength2 wrote:I can't adjust the recording level from within Audacity: The mic slide is grayed out.

See http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 98#p249498 for why that is.


Gale

If that is for repairing small clicks, then there is the "Repair Tool" http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/repair.html p.p.s Why does the zoom have to be so high before the draw tool can be used? Because the Draw tool acts on individual samples. I'm guessing that you have a "feature...

link gave information for Windows Vista and 7. I have win 8.1 and his info doesn't apply unfortunately. I have looked for a few hours but cannot see how to change windows 8 or 8.1 for stereo microphone. The setting is exactly the same for Windows 8 or Windows 8.1. The Manual for the next release of...

We tried both headsets connected to the PC first. How, unless they are USB headsets? We only brought the laptop into play when VAC failed to realise two mics were plugged in. Did you try renaming one of the headsets as suggested? You can also try http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Cable/VirtualCa...