Using Audacity with a Tascam US-144 on Vista

[BelowZero]

Can anyone shed some light on why I can't get a useable signal using this setup? I suspect that it's an ASIO issue??? I am getting a signal into Audacity but it's garbled and the timing isn't right. Drivers are all updated and the Tascam works fine with Cubase, but I need my Audacity!! Any help appreciated.

Dell Studio running Vista 64-bit.
Audacity 1.2.6
Tascam US-144 USB interface

[ponzer]

No answers, but I do share your pain. I'm getting the same thing; just bought a us-144 and after downloading Vista 64 drivers it finally records audio, but like you said it sounds bad. It sounds just as bad on Cubase; how did you get it to work with that? If it's an ASIO issue, what would you need to do to fix it?

[steve]

I am getting a signal into Audacity but it's garbled and the timing isn't right.

it sounds bad.

Can you be more specific, or perhaps upload a short (just a couple of seconds) of your recording to the internet and post a link.
More information about your set-up is also important - you are recording what? You are using what microphone?

[ponzer]

I'm using a Gateway laptop m-6866 with Windows Vista 64 bit; Audacity 1.2.6 with the Tascam US-144. I'm at work right now so I'll record a samlpe later. When I record something, it looks fine (like its supposed to in audacity) but when I go to play it, the sound is very distorted and you cannot make out the words/notes. I will post more info, thanks for the help.

[ellinchador]

Did this topic die? I, too, have a Vista 64-bit with a Tascam US-144 and I am having the same issues. This might be a Tascam issue, I don't know, but after much fiddling, I finally can record the sound I'm putting into the mic. BUT, the recorded audio in Audacity is almost in slow-motion. It used to be garbled before I made I was sampling at 44Hz and 16-bit, but still the audio is unusable (it's as if it's slow-motion). Any help or any other threads on this forum that talk about this?

By the way, the TASCAM software Cubase is nowhere NEAR as user-friendly as Audacity, hence my reason for trying the Audacity forums first!

[kozikowski]

<<<Did this topic die?>>>

Only if you want it to. The Audacity elves live 'round the world and it could take up to 12 hours to get to you. Longer if you need a specific elf.

Koz

[kozikowski]

If the machine uses ASIO drivers, then that's a problem. Steinberg keeps wanting to be paid money for ASIO, so it's unsupported in Audacity.

If you can find plain Windows drivers, that would work.

Koz

[ellinchador]

Yes, I can verify that it's not a Tascam issue, per se - the Windows program "Sound Recorder" records just fine using the Tascam interface device. But I get the same problem still in Audacity. I will try your solution and thanks for replying!!!

[ellinchador]

I actually just read a review of the TASCAM US-144 on my internet searches, and it read that it is NOT compatible with Vista 64-bit, which is what I have. I put in an email to TASCAM/TEAC, although apparently they're pretty slow to respond. Note that my Blue Mic Snowball works just fine with Audacity, but I am supremely disappointed that all my troubles might just be incompatibility, which makes my TASCAM device basically junk. Ugh. Thanks for the quick responses on here, though, group! I am a fan of Audacity!!

-Chris

[steve]

I actually just read a review of the TASCAM US-144 on my internet searches, and it read that it is NOT compatible with Vista 64-bit, which is what I have.

What a shame Have you thought about trying Linux? https://help.ubuntu.com/community/LiveCD