Help!??!??!

[Rooster127]

If you are using the latest 1.3 version, the option is also available near the bottom of the Transport menu.

I would recommend that users upgrade to the latest version until Audacity 2.0 is released.

Hi steve i have looked at the pref`s and all i have at the bottom is software playthrough on off!?!?! but it sounds like i need hardware option?

[Rooster127]

If you are using the latest 1.3 version, the option is also available near the bottom of the Transport menu.

I would recommend that users upgrade to the latest version until Audacity 2.0 is released.

i only downloaded it 3 days ago, is that the latest version?

[billw58]

i only downloaded it 3 days ago, is that the latest version?

You could have downloaded version 1.2.6 three days ago. What do you see when you click "Help > About Audacity"?

You still haven't told us what computer and operating system you have.

-- Bill

[Rooster127]

Ive got 1.3.9 and am running on xp? p.c spec- intel(R) Celeron(R) CPU 3.06GHz but only 448 mb of RAM? dont know if any of that helps? sorry for being vauge!

[Rooster127]

All i have at the bottomof my transport menu is-overdub on/off-software playthrough-sound activated recording on/off and sound activation level?

[billw58]

All i have at the bottom of my transport menu is-overdub on/off-software playthrough-sound activated recording on/off and sound activation level?

Yes, that's right. Hardware playthrough is not available from the Transport menu.

Go to Edit > Preferences, then click on the "Recording" tab. The "Hardware Playthrough" option should be there. Check "Hardware Playthrough" and uncheck "Software Playthrough". Now test if you can hear what you're playing while recording. If you can't hear what you're playing, either your computer does not support hardware playthrough, or you need to make some setting in your Windows sound control panel - this is beyond me, as I'm a Mac guy. Hopefully one of the Windows elves will be able to help you at that point.

-- Bill

[Rooster127]

All i have at the bottom of my transport menu is-overdub on/off-software playthrough-sound activated recording on/off and sound activation level?

Yes, that's right. Hardware playthrough is not available from the Transport menu.

Go to Edit > Preferences, then click on the "Recording" tab. The "Hardware Playthrough" option should be there. Check "Hardware Playthrough" and uncheck "Software Playthrough". Now test if you can hear what you're playing while recording. If you can't hear what you're playing, either your computer does not support hardware playthrough, or you need to make some setting in your Windows sound control panel - this is beyond me, as I'm a Mac guy. Hopefully one of the Windows elves will be able to help you at that point.

-- Bill

Sorry no i dont have hardware playthrough option in there eather!??!!?!??? i think im doomed!!! lol but thanks so much for tryin!!!
any1 have any ideas?

[billw58]

Sorry no i dont have hardware playthrough option in there eather!??!!?!??? i think im doomed!!! lol but thanks so much for tryin!!!
any1 have any ideas?

That is weird. Could someone check this out on Windows? I certainly have that option in Recording Preferences on Mac (despite the fact that Mac does not support Hardware Playthrough).

-- Bill

[steve]

Apologies for confusing the issue - I meant "Software Playthrough" is an option in the Transport menu.
On Windows, hardware playthrough is automatic, so to use hardware playthrough you simply turn off software playthrough.

[Rooster127]

if i turn playthrough software off, i get no sound from my guitar when i try to record!