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i am useing the latest version of audacity You should use 2.1.2 from http://audacityteam.org/download/windows . Again, please see the pink panel at the top of the page. Only our site as above is guaranteed to have the latest version and be safe. Please post the information from Help > Audio Device ...

Exactly how are you connecting that to the computer? Connections are: usb for the expander control and analog jacks for 3.5 sound transfer ( no optimal solution because jambo single jack for recording / playback! ) . A single port for recording and playback is almost always only a mic port when rec...

source sound is professional expander Yamaha rack xs. Exactly how are you connecting that to the computer? Your Audacity recording device is SoundMapper, so changes with whatever is the default Windows recording device. You could try selecting the actual named device you want to record from. Gale

Do not open the .AU files in the _data folder of the Audacity project. Do not rename or change the extension of those .AU files or change the names of the subfolders. Simply open the AUP file. Click this link to read more: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_opening_and_saving_files.html#aufolder...

i have the device chosen for sure and my pc does not have a build in mic because its a coustom built Sorry but we cannot see your computer, so we cannot help without full information to go on. What version of Audacity are you using? See the pink panel at the top of the page. What is the make and mo...

autodctr wrote:I tried increasing and decreasing the latency: nothing there either.

"Latency correction" is the wrong setting. Try changing "Audio to buffer".

It would be good troubleshooting to see if other recording applications have the same problem.


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I have the latest drivers from Acer (they only have drivers up to Windows 8.1 and they use Realtek sound) Then you do not have proper Windows 10 drivers for your Realtek device and you may or may not get unpredictable behaviour or limited features. Audacity taking a long time to launch could be ind...

Every choice on the Effects menu is greyed-out. Have you tried pressing the yellow Stop button and closing all other Audacity dialogues? There is no choice for Add/Remove plug-ins either. 2.0.5 does not have Add / Remove Plug-ins and has no way to disable built-in effects. 2.1.2 has Add/Remove Plug...

mbatavia wrote:I uses a Scarlett 212 Focusrite for a usb mic input

What does that mean? That you have a mic that connects separately to the computer with a USB cable and you use 2i2 just as a playback device?

Or that it's an XLR mic connected to the 2i2?


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I merged your new topic into this one and moved it to the Windows board. Post in the Windows board if you need help.

When you want to reply, please press QUOTE or REPLY in this topic so the posts stay together.


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