Help for Audacity on Windows.
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.
Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at
https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the
1.2.x and
1.3.x forums.
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steve
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by steve » Thu Apr 19, 2012 1:24 pm
Thanks for the summary, that has lifted the mist of confusion from my head
(and you're using Windows 7 - that's important because of the weird way that it handles audio)
Let's start with getting your system sound restored to normal, then we can start again with enabling recording if you wish.
Try unplugging the jack to USB cable then reboot the computer and see if sound comes back (try playing a known-to-be-good audio file in Windows Media Player). Does that work?
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by paulpth1 » Fri Apr 20, 2012 1:59 pm
Hi steve no it did't work I went into ITunes the song was playing but the sound is still got distortion and echo or delay
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by steve » Fri Apr 20, 2012 2:53 pm
Check your sound card settings - you may have some "effects" enabled.
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by paulpth1 » Fri Apr 20, 2012 6:24 pm
Hi steve I don' know how to do that and to reboot I just held the power button in and held it so I don' really know if that was right. I am not very technical with a computer
