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Are these problems happening only with SoundBlaster? What device does the "Default" playback choice in Audacity Device Toolbar give you? Can you configure the default playback device in any of the apps that lose sound so that they use some other device? Have you tried doing some tests with...

Thanks. Recording is from purchased already recorded commercial tape. I have digitised many tapes from the same series with another software programme,including the one that I have tried (and failed) with Audacity Still not enough information to help you, sorry. If you want to pursue it, we need to...

Reinstalling almost never cures any problems. Try resetting the audacity.cfg settings file instead, as per this link: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/preferences.html#stored . If this problem continues, could you perhaps capture a video of the problemn and post it somewhere such as youtube if y...

I have a track that starts fairly quietly at about -5 dB, but the overall peak is -1 dB. I ask brickwall for a gain of +8 dB. The soft part then has 3 dB more amplification (without clipping) than it could have had using Amplify. Do I expect the soft part to sound more distorted after brickwall +8 d...

Because of this I find myself often recommending to users requiring a limiter that they install the "Brick Wall Limiter" from here: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?p=150498#p150498 The download link was broken but I updated it (I assume you removed the faulty version but did n...

Please try doing what Steve suggested, which assuming from your image you are on Windows Vista, 7 or 8 is this: 1 Right-click over the Speaker icon by the system clock then choose Recording Devices to open the Recording tab of "Sound". 2 Right-click anywhere inside the Recording tab and ch...

Now suddenly I set my selection timeframe and hit export selection, and then it changes the timeframe to be the entire piece and refuses to just save the selection I want. Probably you are clicking in the grey background underneath the track or somewhere else. This deselects the track (look at the ...

Please note that Audacity Projects are not backward compatible. You can't open a 2.0.0 Project in 1.3.5. Sorry, but that is incorrect. Any project created in a 2.0.x version will open in a 1.3.x version because the project format is the same. 1.3.x and 2.0.x projects won't open in 1.2.x. See http:/...

(but could not pressing the "Debug" button generate the confirmation then show the tone)? Yes it could, but if the confirmation message is not the "main" output then the purpose of the plug-in may not be obvious. I think it's reasonable for a non-shipped effect. If you choose to...

What are the available option in the Device Toolbar ? I think the OP said: The speaker pulldown was set for " Digital Output (S/PDIF) The OTHER two choices were:Microsoft Sound Manager and Speakers/Headphones IDT You want to choose the output device your speakers or headphones are connected to...