Hi, I hope someone may be able to help me.
I have been recording in Audacity for quite some time - many years. I have a Focusrite Scarlett 2i2 USB with a Rode Microphone NT1-A connected as usual.
A month ago I finished recording a project and stored away the mic and Focusrite carefully. I turn it on tonight and connect it up to same laptop as before and suddenly I can’t get any recording in Audacity.
Things I have checked so far:
- Mic is plugged into Focusrite correctly and has power. When I plug my headphones into the focusrite, I get sound and also sound from the mic when I switch on Direct monitor, so the Focusrite seems OK.
- I checked the Focusrite is up to date with the latest and correct driver for its hardware type (and seeing as I haven’t changed anything this is the same as before - when it was working).
- When I play back a video from the laptop, it plays audio through the headphones connected to the focusrite - so USB driver seems to be ok.
- When I open up an old project in audacity, it plays back through the headphones plugged into the focusrite, so Audacity is talking to the focusrite at some level.
- In audacity I checked the following:
a) it’s running version 2.1.2
b) Build Information
File Format Support
libmad
(MP3 Importing)
Enabled
libvorbis
(Ogg Vorbis Import and Export)
Enabled
libid3tag
(ID3 tag support)
Enabled
libflac
(FLAC import and export)
Enabled
libtwolame
(MP2 export)
Enabled
QuickTime
(Import via QuickTime)
Disabled
ffmpeg
(FFmpeg Import/Export)
Enabled
gstreamer
(Import via GStreamer)
Disabled
Core Libraries
libsoxr
(Sample rate conversion)
Enabled
PortAudio
(Audio playback and recording)
v19
wxWidgets
(Cross-platform GUI library)
3.0.2
Features
Nyquist
(Plug-in support)
Enabled
LADSPA
(Plug-in support)
Enabled
Vamp
(Plug-in support)
Enabled
Audio Units
(Plug-in support)
Disabled
VST
(Plug-in support)
Enabled
LV2
(Plug-in support)
Enabled
PortMixer
(Sound card mixer support)
Enabled
SoundTouch
(Pitch and Tempo Change support)
Enabled
SBSMS
(Extreme Pitch and Tempo Change support)
Enabled
Build Information
Program build date:
Jan 9 2016
Commit Id:
53b8fd5 of Fri Jan 8 22:05:48 2016 +0000
Build type:
Release build
Settings folder:
C:\Users\A68396\AppData\Roaming\Audacity
c) The input and output channels are set to be the Focusrite.
d) the volume levels are set correctly for input.
e) The log file has the following output:
21:38:30: Audacity 2.1.2
21:38:30: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries...
21:38:30: Trying to load FFmpeg libraries from system paths. File name is 'avformat-55.dll'.
21:38:30: Looking up PATH environment variable...
21:38:30: PATH = 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\Program Files\Intel\iCLS Client\;C:\ProgramData\Oracle\Java\javapath;C:\windows\system32;C:\windows;C:\windows\System32\Wbem;C:\windows\System32\WindowsPowerShell\v1.0\;Q:\Menu;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\DAL;C:\Program Files (x86)\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\Intel(R) Management Engine Components\IPT;C:\Program Files\Intel\WiFi\bin\;C:\Program Files\Common Files\Intel\WirelessCommon\'
21:38:30: Checking that '' is in PATH...
21:38:30: FFmpeg directory is in PATH.
21:38:30: Checking for monolithic avformat from 'avformat-55.dll'.
21:38:30: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-55.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
21:38:30: Loading avutil from ''.
21:38:30: Error: Failed to load shared library '.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
21:38:30: Loading avcodec from ''.
21:38:30: Error: Failed to load shared library '.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
21:38:30: Loading avformat from 'avformat-55.dll'.
21:38:30: Error: Failed to load shared library 'avformat-55.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
21:38:30: Error: Failed to load FFmpeg libraries.
21:38:30: Error: Failed to find compatible FFmpeg libraries.
21:45:03: Attempting to load LAME from system search paths
21:45:03: Loading LAME from lame_enc.dll
21:45:03: Error: Failed to load shared library 'lame_enc.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
21:45:03: load failed
21:45:03: Attempting to load LAME from builtin path
21:45:03: LAME registry key exists.
21:45:03: Library path is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Lame For Audacity
21:45:03: Loading LAME from C:\Program Files (x86)\Lame For Audacity\lame_enc.dll
21:45:03: Actual LAME path C:\Program Files (x86)\Lame For Audacity\lame_enc.dll
21:45:03: LAME library successfully loaded
21:45:16: Attempting to load LAME from system search paths
21:45:16: Loading LAME from lame_enc.dll
21:45:16: Error: Failed to load shared library 'lame_enc.dll' (error 126: the specified module could not be found.)
21:45:16: load failed
21:45:16: Attempting to load LAME from builtin path
21:45:16: LAME registry key exists.
21:45:16: Library path is: C:\Program Files (x86)\Lame For Audacity
21:45:16: Loading LAME from C:\Program Files (x86)\Lame For Audacity\lame_enc.dll
21:45:16: Actual LAME path C:\Program Files (x86)\Lame For Audacity\lame_enc.dll
21:45:16: LAME library successfully loaded
Although there is mention of lame not loading correctly, eventually it does seem to, so not sure what the problem is here. Just a note, I restarted Audacity a couple of times, so that might be why it shows lame failing a couple of times and then success.
Anyone able to help, or has this happened to someone else? My guess is a Windows issue of some kind, but it’s odd that it can play back through the focusrite OK and that it gets recognised in Audacity.
Very grateful for any pointers
Cheers
