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Thanks I'll count your "vote" for that. But it probably won't happen in the default button set, as some are opposed to any extra buttons.

Gale

WASAPI loopback is digital. There is full interaction with the Windows system mixer unless you enable both "Exclusive Mode" boxes in Windows Sound . Even if you enable Exclusive Mode, PortAudio (Audacity's audio API) forces capture in 32-bit float. So you can't escape all conversions, howe...

i am recording clips of music that i am already playing on the pc Why would you do that? no mic used, nothing plugged into line-in, audacity picks it up via the stereo mix method i think Is there some effect in the player that you would like to record? **********************************************...

what sampling rate I should set my on-board Realtek ALC889A soundcard. It depends what host you choose in Device Toolbar (and probably does not matter too much if you are not making overdubs). See http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Windows_7_OS#sample_rates . low levels I experience using what was &...

Problem with plug-in Manager (continuation). I placed the plug - in "ExperimentalSampleDataImport.ny" in the file "Plug-ins" of "Audacity", In Audacity 2.1.1 under Windows 8. I clicked " enable " in the plug - in Manager. I clicked on "OK". Now this...

I changed it for DirectSound and now the cursor moves but nothing is recorded. Have you tried the default MME choice? That is the most compatible host. I had a look back to the link ( http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_recording_troubleshooting.html#pauses ) koz sent me and found a section fo...

Gmaz wrote:

Gale Andrews wrote:
I suggest trying MME or Windows DirectSound host instead of Windows WASAPI.

You lost me there. What is MME or DirectSound and how do I try them?

Look in your screenshot. You have the host in the first box in Device Toolbar set to Windows WASAPI. Change the host in that box.


Gale

The only possible cause I can imagine would be low resources. Perhaps, in which case restart the computer. Also try my suggestion of changing to MME or Windows DirectSound. Make sure Edit > Preferences... > Recording section > "Audio to buffer" is not set too low. On Windows it should nor...

If you still get little audible gaps between tracks when setting the track gap to zero, see Gapless burning.


Gale

That was it! I thought I'd tried everything, and it is silly that I thought I'd tried that, but evidently not. Excellent. What a handy program once that solution opened up the gates to understanding everything else I needed to try! :) We have FAQ's for common questions like that: ;) http://manual.a...