Problem with opening sound device?

Audacity Help Forum Windows
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I just recently installed Audacity 2.x on windows 7 starter. I was using Audacity 1.3 beta until the sound device i was using became unresponsive. An m audio fast track. Every time I used it as the default playback or recording device via fast track an error pop up stating to check the project rate and I/O settings. In preferences there’s no audio I/O tab on the left hand side? My voice still picks up in my headphones when I set it but there was always an issue opening the sound device. When I went into the start tab on the desktop into the hardware and sound tab I discovered that everything was enabled so I’m confused on where to go next.

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Audacity looks for sound devices when it starts. If you have a ratty USB connection, Audacity will forget about the device at each data interruption. If you want to try and chase it, Transport > Rescan…

Koz

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It’s odd, because its not the sound device, I’ve tried the mbox on a different laptop and it worked fine. however, I scanned the audio devices and it still pops up with the error message. very strange.

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Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Devices > Recording. Is your device listed there? Stereo?

Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Quality > Sampling: 44100, 16-bit.

Those are generic settings that almost everybody supports whether they can go higher or not.

Koz

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Which MBox? Exactly.
Koz

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Everything is listed correctly in the devices preference. not listed in recording however. the sampling rate is fine. Its actually not an mbox but an m audio fast track.

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Have you tried rebooting the computer?
Try both the “MME” and the “Direct Sound” options in the device toolbar.
Ensure that the “Sample Rate” matches in both “Edit > Preferences > Devices” and Windows Sound Control Panel. Try both 44100 and 48000.
Ensure that mono (1 channel) / stereo (2 channels) match in both “Edit > Preferences > Devices” and Windows Sound Control Panel.

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Yeah, ive tried both of those solutions and idk. no love still. any other suggestions?

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Have you been here http://avid.force.com/pkb/articles/en_US/download/en379411 to get the latest Windows 7 drivers for your Fast Track (click the “USB Interfaces” button). Choose the link for the exact version of Fast Track that you have.


Gale