Audacity Forum

Although I think you are better to look at possible hardware issues you can also try quitting Audacity in Activity Monitor then making an audacity.cfg settings file that disables Audio Unit and VST plug-ins:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/User: ... ces_on_Mac .


Gale

Look at the possible solution by using the Realtek control panel here http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#cp . You need a line-in (not mic in) to run audio from the headphones out using a cable. Try SoundLeech here http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tutorial_recording...

Moved to the Windows board. Have tried to read me through the forum but can not find the solution to my problem: I have win7 64 bit and audacity 2.03. I will record what I hear the speaker on the pc. I get "error while opening sound device ----". I have no external audio device connected t...

I doubt you are doing anything wrong, but we still don't know where and when after launching Audacity that you see this message.

You can also do the Mac hardware test http://www.thexlab.com/faqs/aht.html and/or Go > Utilities > Disk Utility > Verify Disk.


Gale

I installed Audacity to record an audio book. I've used other audio software to make an audio book on my old XP machine but that software went away when I upgraded to Win 7 so here I am. It took me a LONG time and lots of frustration to find that the only way I can stop and then start up again and ...

Audacity should open a valid MP4 audio file (or extract the audio from an MP4 video file) if you add the FFmpeg library to your computer http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... tml#ffdown .


Gale

You'll need to tell us what you are doing, because we can't see your machine.

Make sure you have 2.0.3 (not older versions) then go into /Applications/Audacity/ and double-click on the Audacity application. Do you see the panic message then? If not, what do you do to make the message appear?


Gale

I don't think "Return Audio" is a good wording choice although accurate - if returning does not change the audio much, user may wonder if they have really applied the effect. Any effect plug-in can return audio that is almost not modified - therefore a weak argument. I disagree simply bec...

It takes 15 minutes, give or take, to open a 1.5 hrs file in Audacity on my computer. That's fairly slow. What format is the file in? If it is WAV, you can get faster import by changing the Import / Export Preferences to "Read uncompressed files directly...". Also look in Directories Pref...

I tried crossing two variables: recording frequency rate (48000, 44100, 32000), and setting sound output to: A) USB Codec (G-track), or B) Internal Alsa Analog. Here are the results: A) Output through G-Track: 48000 Hz -- Chopped track 44100 Hz -- Chopped track 32000 Hz -- Recorded fine but with th...