Recording skips in parts and sound sometimes muffled

[pemoo]

Just wondering if anyone can help me solve this issue?

I'm recording a dj mix and have found that in each recording I've listened to, there are some moments when a track skips. I've gone back and listened to the file recorded in Audacity and the skips are in there as well.

The sound card is at sample rate of 96. I have closed all programs during the recording, and am using Windows Vista.

The first few times I've recorded, the sound has been perfect; however, recent ones have contained skips and sometimes also muffled sound in parts.

Does anyone have any suggestions for how to fix this problem? Cheers!

[steve]

Do a test recording with the recording format set to 16bit 44100Hz
(Edit menu > Preferences > Quality tab)
What's the outcome?

[kozikowski]

<<<The first few times I've recorded, the sound has been perfect;>>>

Recent recordings you made after you started to fill up your hard drive? Have you ever error checked or defragmented? Audacity will not run into a badly fragmented hard drive and nobody likes one that's filling up.

Koz