Hi.
My installation of version 3.2.1 records silence as noise. I tried to change some properties but no change. Finally I decided to uninstall 3.2.1 and install my previous version 2.4.2. Unfortunately some details of 3.2.1 have not been removed and all time I see 3.2.1 and silence is recorded as noise. Do I need to buy new computer?
With heartfelt greetings,
jozef
If you can see 3.2.1 then it is still installed & you are launching it when you intended to launch 2.4.2.
The version you have launched can be seen via the help menu “About Audacity” …
No, its going to be a software issue, rather than a hardware one. A new computer is not the solution.
If you can’t get Audacity to record, try its free competitor OCENaudio … https://www.ocenaudio.com/
You don’t say how you attempt to record silence, or where from; and you don’t say how you determine what you are seeing is noise.
Could it be something as simple as Dither ?
If you can see 3.2.1 then it is still installed & you are launching it when you intended to launch 2.4.2.
The version you have launched can be seen via the help menu “About Audacity” …
In Audacity About I see 2.4.2 but it looks as 3.2.1
Simply, when I click “record” at once noise is recorded. I guess microphone is recorded but I can’t switch it to loudspeaker.
You can’t record from “nothing”… You have to select a source and that’s usually a hardware source with SOME noise. …I’m not sure if turning the recording volume down to zero gives absolute silence.
But there is Generate → Silence and that will give you pure digital-silence. (When you play it back there will still be SOME noise from the analog playback hardware.)
…There’s probably a way to play a silent file with a different application and record it with WASAPI (loopback).
What are you trying to record?
If you want to record sounds that are playing on your computer, follow the instructions to record “WASAPI loopback” here: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_recording_computer_playback_on_windows.html#Windows_WASAPI_loopback_recording
(You can test if the microphone is being recorded by talking to your microphone while recording.)
Many many thanks, it works.