NEW VERSION

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stardust2003
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NEW VERSION

Post by stardust2003 » Sun Sep 30, 2018 6:23 pm

Hi
I saw an ad for a new version on facebook.....
I installed it ... thinking .. should i really do this ?

got it ... playing some text to speech on my comp and find thatt audacity isn t recording it !!!

( knew I should nt have messed about )

Am I going to spend the next 3 days trying to fix this prob !!!!

Im on windows 10

thanks for any comment or advice !!!!
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stardust2003
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Re: NEW VERSION

Post by stardust2003 » Sun Sep 30, 2018 6:39 pm


Trebor
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Re: NEW VERSION

Post by Trebor » Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:08 pm

Set recording device host in Audacity preferences to WASAPI to record the computer speakers ...

Audacity Preferences, Devices, Host, Windows WASAPI.png
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Then you'll have to close all Audacity Windows, then restart Audacity for that change to take effect.

stardust2003
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Re: NEW VERSION

Post by stardust2003 » Sun Sep 30, 2018 7:13 pm

think I may have solved it ...

changed to windows wasap

changed to hi def windows loopback ..... this could be the key !

I remem though when I installed it did ask me ... do you want to keep your settings and
I said yes...

so really , I should nt have had this prob !

But thanks for the good advice ......

stardust2003
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Re: NEW VERSION

Post by stardust2003 » Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:00 pm

hi,


suddenly find that Im not manageing to record an aduio signal from a cassette player fed into the computor

Im getting sound ok in the computor speakers but I press record on audacity and just a flat line.

Im manageing to record audio from U Tube etc no probs

Any idea why I suddenly cant record audio from this line in ?

my main settings are ....

windows wasap
speakers realtek hi def loopback
sterio recording channel
speakers realtech hi def

thanks for any comments or advice .....

stardust2003
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Re: NEW VERSION

Post by stardust2003 » Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:06 pm

STRANGE... I just changed wasap to ..... windows direct sound..... and now find I can

record from this cassette music centre ! but now the U Tube signal will not appear in there !!!

will I have to just change between those two ... ? wasap when I want to record U tube or internet radio

and windows direct sound when I want to record by line in ?

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Re: NEW VERSION

Post by steve » Sat Oct 13, 2018 6:35 pm

"WASAPI loopback" should only be used for recording sounds that are playing on your computer.
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