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Make sure that Sound Activated Recording is not checked in the Transport menu.

-- Bill

All was working fine until today when I tried to record something and it wouldn't, the little line that usually moves down the timeline doesn't budge and nothing is being recorded. The pause button has also been selected as well as the record button even though I never clicked pause and I can't un-s...

... the sound options and I can’t get that to be one. Anyway, recording directly from the soundcard is preferable if it is possible. Thanks for your help, Alex

Hi, I've fairly new to Audacity and was hoping someone could help me out here. I can't select anything on the mixer toolbar as it's greyed out, I'm using Windows 7. I know it's supposed to be greyed out, and I've tried all the fixes but I still can't record ...

Time for a cup of tea (or coffee).

What are you trying to record from?
Please give full details of your set-up (too much information is better than not enough).

I have finally found the file. reset it. Yes it moves, I see a blue line but still cant record audio. Im on windows xp....Whats going on..? It worked perfectly before. starting to wish I never upgraded...AAARRRGGGGH..

Have you got your Windows Explorer set so that it doesn't show hidden files and folders - and note this is the somewhat unhelpful default that Microsoft ships in Windows?

If so reset it is to show the hidden files/folders - I suspect the .cfg file may be such a file.

WC

Which version of Windows?

The problem is i cant find the audacity.cfg file any where. can you tell me where it is kept. i have tried looking. Maybe im being dumb, not very PC minded......

Probably best to reset your preferences back to the default values before proceeding. See here for how to do that: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Audacity_Preferences#Where_are_Preferences_stored.3F_2 When you have done that, set the recording and playback devices to whatever you are using (Edit ...