I press play but nothing happens.

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I press play but nothing happens.

Post by omygodimonfire » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:23 am

As the title says, when I press play, nothing happens. No sound, and the needle doesn't move to the right. How do I fix this?
Thanks in advance

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Re: I press play but nothing happens.

Post by kozikowski » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:30 am

Has it ever worked? Is this a very fresh install of Audacity? Which Windows and where did you get the music from?

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Re: I press play but nothing happens.

Post by omygodimonfire » Fri Aug 15, 2008 5:35 am

Well now it works. Just took a restart. But now when I try to record voice it's just a flat line, not picking up anything. Before it was recording but couldn't listen. ugh.

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Re: I press play but nothing happens.

Post by steve » Fri Aug 15, 2008 2:11 pm

Look in "Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O" and check that you have the correct recording device and playback device selected. Are you using a USB audio device?

Can you give us a bit more information about what your set-up is and what you are doing.
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