Using Audacity with Windows 7

[mediaman70]

I had no problems using Audacity with Windows XP, but after upgrading to Windows 7 it will not work. I get the error message: 'Please check the input device settings and the project sample rate' and I'm afaid I don't know how to do this. Can any Win 7(Audacity user help?

[Gale Andrews]

I had no problems using Audacity with Windows XP, but after upgrading to Windows 7 it will not work. I get the error message: 'Please check the input device settings and the project sample rate' and I'm afaid I don't know how to do this. Can any Win 7(Audacity user help?

For general information on Windows 7 please read the following (we recommend using 1.3.9 Beta with Windows 7):
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 16&t=16111

Check in the Audio I/O tab of Audacity Preferences [Devices tab in 1.3.9] that the recording device is correctly and explicitly selected. In Audacity 1.2.6, don't set the "recording channels" to more than two channels unless your sound card/hardware supports it.

Try changing the Project Rate at bottom left of the Audacity window: 44100 Hz or 48000 Hz should work fine in almost any playback or recording situation.

Otherwise, on Windows Vista or 7 this error usually means that you have not enabled the input device in the system mixer. Exit Audacity and look at the instructions here for accessing the system mixer:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... es#vistacp

Make sure you use the right-click menu to "show disabled devices" and to "enable" the one you want to record with. Then right-click again over the device you want to record with and hit Properties. On the Advanced tab, make sure the "Default format" matches both with the Project Rate you chose in Audacity, and with the number of "recording channels" on the Audio I/O tab of Audacity preferences [Devices tab in 1.3.9].

If you upgrade to 1.3.9 and have Device Toolbar enabled, make sure that the Host (for example, Windows MME) is the same for both playback and recording devices. If it isn't this will cause the subject error (this will be fixed in the next 2.0 version).



Gale