Audacity Forum

I can now confirm that a powered USB hub is not the solution. I bought an $18 Wrench SuperSpeed 7. Plugged it in, still getting the electronic noise and other audio recording artifacts. Any ideas? I've heard people say on other forums it might be the micro USB port on the mic being of poor quality a...

The help page I'm referring to is: Audacity - FAQ:Recording - Troubleshooting 11 How can I record without small skips or duplications? My current settings are: Latency Audio to Buffer: 100 milliseconds Latency Correction: -130 ...

even after modifying the Audacity settings according to the Audacity on-line help page. I'm not sure what help page you are looking at, but did you try increasing the recording buffer size? ( Edit -> Preferences -> Recording -> Latency ) This is usually related ...

... regardless of the song, the file type (WAV, FLAC or MP3) and even after modifying the Audacity settings according to the Audacity on-line help page. I tried downloading the latest version - 2.0.6 - but this did not resolve the problem. I'm using Windows 7 on an HP lap top with 8G of RAM ...

... were right! And I can't be more thankful! You should win a trophy for you knowledge, your patience and your perseverance ! Thanks so much for your help! Joan PS: How can I edit the title so that I can write solved in it?

... . If the problem persists in 2.0.6, it is probably a problem with the drivers of your audio device. There is help with finding out the cause of the crash and locating correct drivers for your audio device here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_errors.html#reboot ...

Audacity can route and play sound independently of whatever Windows is doing. Use the Audacity Device Toolbar to set there playback audio is going. http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/device_toolbar.html You can also set this in Audacity Preferences. Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Devices. Koz

... green playback cursor is moving and the green playback meters are bouncing and you still can't hear sound, restart the computer. If that doesn't help or if you are trying to record while playing, please describe the problem in more detail. Gale

... and now I can't seem the change the recording back to how it should be. Does anyone know any other things I might need to check?? Thanks for your help so far ppl! Tommy

Hi all - totally bewildered - not a problem with Audacity, rather windows I believe - I can't monitor sound when looking at and playing the audacity files. They play fine when I export them to MP3. I've checked mixer levels etc. What am I doing wrong?