Audacity Forum

I hate it when things can't be done without the help of special software but, alas, I am software developer so I know exactly what you mean there. Koz here usually answers like this: The Four Horsemen of Audio Recording (reliable, time-tested ways ...

Thanks Gale! It's worth a try.

... bare walls and floor is still regarded as an aggressively hostile recording environment. Blowing even more money on a microphone isn't going to help with those. Koz

Hi Gale! First of all, thank you for your answer. I hate it when things can't be done without the help of special software but, alas, I am software developer so I know exactly what you mean there. Heh. For users who may look to do something like this: NO means no. This is ...

Problem solved. Apparently I was using the program from sourceforge. I deleted it and installed the audacityteam version. I also Reset Preferences and configured the AT2020USB mic. It worked the first time. I'm not sure which one solved the problem.
Thanks for the help.

Audacity > Preferences..., Recording section. Set Audio to buffer to 0 and try to record. If it doesn't record, try a setting of 10 and increment upwards until you find the lowest setting it will record at.

Turning Wi-Fi off may help too.


Gale

Can someone HELP me compile Audacity for Windows 8.1 with ASIO. I need to use ASIO for my setup with my E-MU1212m PCI. This is over my head & is the ONLY way I can get my setup to record using more them 2GB of memory. See the ...

... would show you the Plug-in Manager of its own accord, which you seem to be saying. Can you quit Audacity and restart it, then attach the log from Help > Show Log... ? Gale

... they are saying. I have already extracted the sounds as a sound clip (I am a noob at editing, but I know a fair bit about computers). So, I need help in understanding how to do this. My first thought was to remove the background noise, but then it occurred to me that - actually - the TV might ...

... the "audacity" folder and restart Audacity. If you don't often quit Audacity, quitting regularly between your "takes" may also help reduce glitches or crashes, especially when going away for a while. Gale