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Windows 7 Ultimate, Audacity 2.3 (er, the latest one)

Problem started with recipient telling me there was a weird thumping noise in my files. (Almost as if my computer wishes I played rap). I was showed the isolation, but it's... not... here... Seriously I literally cannot find it here, so I downloaded the latest versions and reinstalled audacity, LAME, FFmpeg, and am about to put in a new version of Noisegate just in case.

All of a sudden I get the attached error, which upon looking I have no clue what to do about. So being as this is upon an update/install....

I'm also told the thumping remains.

Also error report attached.

spearcarrier wrote: ↑

Tue Nov 27, 2018 11:18 pm

All of a sudden I get the attached error,

Do you recall what you were doing when this error occurred?
Are you able to reproduce the error?

Yes, I've recreated it frequently. It happens when I export the file: either mp3 or wav, doesn't matter.

I went in and disabled a bunch of plugins I never use, hoping that would work with no change. I also downloaded and installed the latest wxwidget, no change. I have no idea if this is effecting the final file or not, because I can't find the thumping to begin with.

I suspect that the thumping is unrelated to this error message.

spearcarrier wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:42 am

It happens when I export the file:

Are you using the "Use custom mix:" option? (https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/imp ... audio_file)

Well apparently I was, although I'd never changed those settings in that particular part of the program. I unchecked it and the error has stopped.

Sure wish the thumping problem were this easy. LOL

spearcarrier wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:54 am

I unchecked it and the error has stopped.

That's good, but still, that error should not happen.
Were you exporting a stereo track when that error appeared? I'd like to be able to reproduce the problem (if possible) so that we can discover what the underlying problem is.

spearcarrier wrote: ↑

Wed Nov 28, 2018 12:54 am

Sure wish the thumping problem were this easy. LOL

I'd suggest that you start a new topic for that one, and include a short audio sample in WAV format to demonstrate the problem (see here for how to attach an audio sample: viewtopic.php?f=49&t=72887)

Well with the error going away, so did the thumping apparently. So strange.

I have the settings on:

export to MP3
"force mono" checked (it was already recorded in mono, however)
constant, 192 Kbps