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[Steaze34]

Hey Audacity,
How To Fix Audacity Recording Problems.

1. Recording Vocals - My Vocal Sound is skipping when I play it back
2. Recording Instruments - I'm Using Audacity As A DAW, My Keys Have A Long Echo
(Digital Audio Workstation)

This has happened before this equipment, so I upgraded.

Equipment:
Korg - USB Keyboard Midi - Nano Key Series
Korg - M1 Le (Software)
Microphone - Logitech - ClearChat Stereo
Computer:
Windows PC - Windows Vista 32 Bit
Audacity & Computer: (Options, commands, Sound Card...)
realtek hd sound card
Everything Is Still Factory
Can You Help?

[kozikowski]

<<<My Vocal Sound is skipping when I play it back>>>

Does it always skip in the same place? If each time you play it, it skips in a different place, then you have a correct recording, you just can't play it.

What else is your computer doing? Shut down all other applications and you might disconnect the network or WiFi. Restart the machine. I routinely get killed when my PC tries to do a Microsoft Update in the middle of something I'm trying to do.

As a test, export your work as a WAV file and see if Windows Media can play it without skipping.

Then see if Audacity can play it.

Koz

[Steaze34]

Help Didn't Work
Still Doesn't Answer Problem 1 & 2

[kozikowski]

<<<Help Didn't Work
Still Doesn't Answer Problem 1 & 2>>>

We can't fix the problem when we don't know where it is. Please answer the questions I asked.

Koz

[Steaze34]

Yeah, It Skips In The Same Spot Everytime I Play It Back
Yeah Audacity Completely Shuts Down, And When I Re-Open, It Recovers The Data
& No I Can't Play My Audio, In Windows Media Or Audacity Without It Skipping

[kozikowski]

<<<Yeah, It Skips In The Same Spot Everytime I Play It Back>>>

Excellent. That means your system is producing damaged performances during recording.

<<<Audacity Completely Shuts Down>>>

Less Excellent. You didn't say that in the original post. Something is preventing your machine from performing a live capture in real time. Live capture in either video or audio stresses the machine because it doesn't wait. Music has to be digitized and stored right now or pieces of it will go missing or Audacity may crash altogether.

Can you take your machine off line and stop the virus programs? Some of them can be set to inspect everything the hard drive does and that can drive Audacity nuts.

The Windows elves may have other suggestions.

Koz

[steve]

Yeah Audacity Completely Shuts Down

!!!???

The Windows elves may have other suggestions.

We may have, but we need to know what's going on.

@Steaze34 - the information that you have given so far is really good, but no-one on this forum but you can actually see your machine, which makes it kind of tough to fix the problem. You have to help us out a bit.

Imagine that you are telling someone how to replicate the problem. What equipment do they need, and what do they need to do with it? Go through it step by step and with a bit of luck something will stand out as the cause of the problem.