Audacity Forum

I have been using Audicity for several months and suddenly the sound will not play throught my computer speakers from a USB turntable. When I connect the turntable the computer sound is turned off and there is no sound either from other applicatons nor coming through Audicity. I tried another computer and got the same problem. I am running Windows XP. I checked for any mute items being checked and ensured the play through is checked appropriately but have not had any success. Thank you for your assistance.

When you plug in a USB device like this your computer hands over control of all sound services to the USB device - both input and output. Since you USB TT doesn't have a set of speakers, you then don't get any sound from the computer (not even the normal computer sounds).

All you need to do is to get your O/S and Audacity to retarget the sound output onto your computer's on-board soundcard. In Windows use Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices > Audio > Sound Playback (I don't know the MAC equivalent) - in Audacity use Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O > Playback Device - you may need to close and restart Audacity for the change to take effect.

Many folks fall into this bear-trap when they start out with USB/Audacity - I certainly did !

WC

Waxcylinder, Thank you for your help, I have everything working now. I hope you have a really great day and are enjoying joyfull noises....Marvin