Audacity Forum

Hello. I registered here to ask for help last week I bought new laptop, Windows 10, intel®pentium. I also bought usb sound adapter 7.1. for microphone (because laptop has 1 combined mic/headphone jack). I only can record with my sound adapter. ...

Hi Koz,

thanks for the help. I will work on it and let you know the results!

... music I have so far. Is this too much trouble to ask what I am doing wrong? Am I into something that I just can't do? I would be grateful for some help. Sincerely, Seldomseen

We posted instructions on this, but before you go there, you should know Audacity checks for devices and connections when it starts. If you started Audacity and then plugged the mic in, it will be invisible. Restart or you can also try Transport > Rescan. You select devices with the Device Toolbar. ...

... left corner, but in recent weeks that hasn't worked for me with without drastically changing how the audio sounds. Thanks in advance for any help or tips you have!

Hello, This is my first time ever using Audacity. Really need help setting this up. I’m using: Windows 10 Home / 64xbit Audacity 2.1.0 / Received from my university, don’t remember if zip or exe Mic specs: eBerry® Plug and Play Home Studio Adjustable USB ...

... even if you're only running one application. Usually it's not the case that your computer isn't fast enough (although a faster computer usually helps), it's just that one (or more) of the little tasks is taking a little too long... And, if you've got separate files for the harmonies, snare, ...

... do you think? I am operating out of my comfort zone right now. Currently I am running SCANNOW, and have not really down anything else. TIA for any help.

... Devices. The solution there was to uninstall a third-party "Touch-Base Universal Pointer Device Driver (UPDD)". If that does not help, I would right-click the Windows button, choose "Event Viewer" and see if there are clues about what exactly is failing. You might be ...

As I said in my original post, drivers and W10 are up to date. Also, playthrough is turned off. The tutorial doesn't help. I have now downloaded from the Windows store the Sound Editor App by McCalla and this records perfectly, without changing any of the settings.