Audacity v 3.7.1 steadfastly refuses to record. I’m not sure if the latest WIN10 update has caused the issue or if updating Audacity to v 3.7.1 is the culprit.
Windows 10 Home, Version 10.0.19045 Build 19045
Soundcard; RME HDSPe AIO
I’ve trawled through Audacity Forums and tried every combination of Playback Device and Recording Device but I cannot record the sounds I can hear coming through my speakers.
I’ve uninstalled and reinstalled Audacity – but to no avail. I tried an earlier version, Audacity 3.6.4 but I get the same lack of recording.
I have set the Host to Windows WASAPI
Playback: Speakers (RME HDSPe AIO)
Recording Device: Speakers (RME HDSPe AIO) (loopback)
Nothing is being recorded from either from online audio or my CD-ROM drive, the wave form is just a thin blue line. I can hear the music perfectly well through my speakers, it’s just not being recorded.
I tried recording from my turn table, and that worked just fine:
TT>Yamaha MG102c Mixer>RME Soundcard>Amplifier>Speakers
Any advice you can offer me will be gratefully received.
I can’t tell you much about Windows and the necessary settings - but do you really want to “record” from a CD using Audacity? You want to use a digital source (your CD), convert it to an analog signal (using Audacity) and then use it either on your computer or to burn a CD (= both converts again to a digital “product”)?
CDs can be imported without conversion using, for example, iTunes on Windows - or many other music applications.
Although this doesn’t address the wider problem you have, I agree with romontschun’s comment about ‘recording’ from CD. On Windows you could try: Exact Audio Copy, Fre:ac or CDex. I like all of them but Fre:ac is my main choice because it’s a bit faster and it works on Linux and MacOS too.
There seems to be so many weird problems surfacing with Windows at the moment.
Mark B
There is a known problem with a Windows 11 update that causes audio to stop working. I’ve tried to post links to articles about it here, but most of them are on spammy sites, so my posts end up marked as spam. A Google search should find them.
I tried recording from a CD to see if Audacity would record the input but it didn’t. That was why I tried that, it was simply a test. Otherwise, I have no desire to record my CDs.
I’m on Windows 10 but I have seen posts relating to Win 11 where folks are having similar problems to mine.
A setting somewhere has been changed that mutes the signal coming in to Audacity but still enables me to hear the music, loud and clear, through my speakers.
To anyone who is remotely interested, I’ve made some progress. It’s not ideal, but I can now record PC internal sound.
Host: Windows WASAPI
Playback Device: Speakers (RME HDSPe AIO)
Recording Device: SPDIF (RME HDSPe AIO) (Note; that is NOT a loopback option)
In my RME Total Mix Hardware Outputs I have toggled Loopback on. Now I can record PC internal sound (YT clips etc) BUT I’m hearing an echo during recording. When I play back the recording it’s fine, but during the recording process it’s a little disconcerting, it’s like I’m listening to the music in a huge, tiled room.
If I toggle Loopback off, there is no recording taking place.
[SOLVED] Transport>Transport Options> Enable Audible Input Monitoring (uncheck)
What I was hearing was the latency between the original signal and the recording both being played through my speakers. Unchecking Audible Input Monitoring solved this.
I have no idea why this became an issue, but it’s now resolved.
