Re: Win7 revert, Record in mono
Posted: Mon Sep 21, 2020 7:09 pm
That doesn't surprise me. Audacity expects real-time read/write access to the storage medium. If there's a large cache between Audacity and the disk then the cache will reduce performance. A cache is useful when relatively small amounts of data need to be accessed frequently, which is the exact opposite of the needs of apps like Audacity.
Ah - that's a "special case" that you didn't mention previously. As DVDdoug wrote, if you are using WASAPI then you probably won't be able to record with a different sample rate / number of channels. Record with whatever settings work, then convert after recording.
If the show is mono, then the quickest way to convert a 2 channel (stereo) track to a mono track, is to simple split the track into two mono tracks (the two new tracks will be identical if the show was mono), then delete one of the tracks. See: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/spl ... racks.html