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Audacity > Preferences > Recording > [ ] Playthrough (deselect).

Plug your headphones into the FastTrack, not the computer. Make sure the red Audacity recording meter (alone) never goes all the way to the right and the blue waves never hit top and bottom.

Koz

... not exported the file. I did that and saved it as a WAV file, imported it, but was unable to get it to work through windows media player. Please help me understand what I need to do to be able to play the file, listen to it so that I can transcribe it. Can it be played in Audacity? I am using ...

Are you trying to overwrite an existing file?
What format are you trying to use?
How much free disk space?
How long is the recording?
What is the exact location that you are trying to save to.
Which version of Audacity are you using? (look in the Help menu > About Audacity)

I am trying to use Audacity to clean up static on a wave file I have and having a difficult time doing this! Can you help me, or walk me through how to do this?

Actually, you should mention what's plugged into the FastTrack. Sterling Audio ST51 Condensor Mic How are you using it? Just need it to record vocals Does it still feed back if you unplug whatever's going into the FastTrack? No Is it really feedback, howling or squealing? Post two or three seconds ...

... never seen it do up to this point. It came at me with the message "cant get core function pointer", what does this mean?!? Can someone help me? I love Audacity an I rely heavily on it in my productions! I'm running a MacBook Pro w/ OS X 10.6.8, a 2.26 Ghz Intel Core 2 Duo an 8 GB RAM. ...

Actually, you should mention what's plugged into the FastTrack. How are you using it? Does it still feed back if you unplug whatever's going into the FastTrack? Is it really feedback, howling or squealing? Post two or three seconds on the forum. Do you get both red and green sound meters on Audacity...

... other setting. It is on the recording - and I don't know how to get rid of it - or avoid it continuing when I record anything else from the radio. Help much appreciated.

If you like to record internet audio, you might be set to record from Mix-Out, Wav-Out or What-U-Hear instead of the USB device. That's a mistake and can cause a feedback loop. Reset in the Device Toolbar. You can also get that if you have Audacity Preferences set to Playthrough and the microphone ...

If you like to record internet audio, you might be set to record from Mix-Out, Wav-Out or What-U-Hear instead of the USB device. That's a mistake and can cause a feedback loop. Reset in the Device Toolbar. You can also get that if you have Audacity Preferences set to Playthrough and the microphone i...