Re: Recording Problem

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Gale Andrews
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Re: Recording Problem

Post by Gale Andrews » Sun Oct 24, 2010 4:34 pm

From private message
saloonsinger wrote: I have been recording with Audacity and all of a sudden, I can't record additional tracks. This happened right after I exported a recently completed edited file to my computer.

When I try to record a Red upside down triangle which appears at the beginning of the time line above the track. I get an error message as follows: "Latency Correction setting has caused the recorded audio to be hidden before zero. Audacity has brought it back to start at zero. You may have to use the Time Shift Tool or F5 to drag the track to the right place." I tried the tools and got no results. There is no track to move only the empty recording window.

I also tried to reboot my computer and that doesn't seem to help.
Michael A
Please post questions on the Forum, not ask for help in private messages. Then everyone can benefit from the question and answer. To post:

* Go to the front page of the Forum http://forum.audacityteam.org/
* Click on the link for the operating system and version of Audacity you have (for example, Audacity 1.3.x for Windows)
* On the page you come to, click "New Topic" top left
* Type your question, use "Preview" to make sure it's correct, then "Post Message" to post it

As to your question, the most likely explanation if rebooting hasn't helped is that you are using Audacity 1.3 and have Transport > Sound Activated Recording checked. This will prevent recording starting if the input level is below the threshold specified at Transport > Sound Activation Level. You don't need Sound Activated Recording for overdubs, so if it's enabled, uncheck it.

Please post back whether that helps, and tell us:

* what operating system you are using (for example, Windows XP or Mac OS X 10.5.1)

* exactly what three-digit version number of Audacity you are using (Help > About Audacity, or Audacity > About Audacity on a Mac computer)



Gale
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