Windows 10. Audacity 2.4.2
All recording done from soundcard. Windows WASAPI; Realtec Speakny helpers (loopback).
Recordings are “hot.” Mainly YouTube audio.
Input levels disabled?
Resulting recording has dropouts and distortion.
Any help? Sorry for the newbie question.
Ace in PA
I wonder if you’re trying to run too many sound pathways.
https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer.html
The problem with recording internet content is you have to Play the work from the internet, interrupt the playback pathway and then run the Recording pathway at the same time. You can pick up distortions and interruptions anywhere in either pathway—or both.
Do you like Skype, Zoom or other chat or conference service? Those are famous for grabbing the sound services and not telling you.
Games? That can do it. On-line games can establish magic sound pathways that interfere with recording.
The legacy method of recording had the sound go all the way to the speakers and then come all the way back, picking up two digital conversion distortions on the way.
Anything there?
Koz