Audacity Forum

Gale Andrews wrote:Are you sure those two "Exclusive Mode" boxes in Windows "Sound" are checked?

Have you rebooted the computer, not just come out of sleep or hibernation?

Other than that, I suggest process of elimination.

Do older versions of Audacity have the same problem? How about 1.3.12 (http://audacity.googlecode.com/files/au ... 1.3.12.zip) ?

Set stereo mix to default in Windows "Sound" and record with Windows Sound Recorder ( http://www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/99 ... n-use.html ) .

Install SoundLeech and record with that ( http://www.milosoftware.com/en/index.ph ... dleech.php ).

If both those have the same problem, try looking at your anti-virus or security programs. Anti-virus programs can cause single series of dropouts every 6 seconds or so. This is not the case here, but whatever security programs you are using could still be interfering with recording somehow. What anti-virus and anti-spyware do you use?

Are you running Skype or other permanently-on VoIP or instant messaging programs?

Gale

Here you go...

BOTH of the "Exclusive Mode" boxes are checked.

I have rebooted the computer numerous times.

Older versions of Audacity have the same problem, including V1.3 that was in the link you provided.

I installed SoundLeech! That works! Perfectly as a matter of fact. I can capture the sound (.wav), pull it into Audacity and it plasy fine, then export it as an .mp3. Works great, although I interface isn't nearly as good as Audacity.

I'm running Microsoft Security Essentials for the antivirus. Disabled that and still can't capture in Audacity correctly. Whether MSE is enabled or disabled, SoundLeech works.

Nope, no Skype or any other VoIP service.

I really appreciate the time you're taking on this. It's almost to the point that I'm willing to use SoundLeech to capture the sound and then edit and export it in Audacity. Not the most efficient way, but it will work I'm still open to additional suggestions.

Thanks!

We appreciate you hanging with us. This speed thing only affects a tiny number of people and only a tiny number of them sit still long enough for us to diagnose the problem.

" 'K, That's nice. By!" and we never hear from them again.

Audacity 2.0 is very new and has a number of new features, filters, tools and services. It was the first few months before we even realized there was a problem.

"Have you noticed a lot of speed change problem postings.....?"

Again, thanks.

Koz

Since you seem to be saying 1.3 versions have the same problem, it could be that the Sabrent is one of those few PCI cards that for some reason are not fully compatible with Audacity.

If you wanted to you could still try Windows Sound Recorder. Like Audacity, it can only record computer playback if the sound card offers this. It would exonerate Audacity if Windows Sound Recorder had the same issue.

If you have not already, also check in "Sound" in Windows for "enhancements" you can turn off (http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... hancements). Look for any similar or relevant settings in the Sabrent control panel if it has one (look in the Windows Control Panel for that).

BartmanJax wrote:BOTH of the "Exclusive Mode" boxes are checked.

And the "Default Format" above those boxes is 2 channel, 44100 Hz?



Gale

Gale Andrews wrote:Since you seem to be saying 1.3 versions have the same problem, it could be that the Sabrent is one of those few PCI cards that for some reason are not fully compatible with Audacity.

If you wanted to you could still try Windows Sound Recorder. Like Audacity, it can only record computer playback if the sound card offers this. It would exonerate Audacity if Windows Sound Recorder had the same issue.

If you have not already, also check in "Sound" in Windows for "enhancements" you can turn off (http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... hancements). Look for any similar or relevant settings in the Sabrent control panel if it has one (look in the Windows Control Panel for that).

BartmanJax wrote:BOTH of the "Exclusive Mode" boxes are checked.

And the "Default Format" above those boxes is 2 channel, 44100 Hz?

Gale

Gale,

Yeah, the sound card could be the issue. There is no "device manager" specifically for the card. It just uses the Windows default interface. I could always go get a different card, but in the big scheme of things, it's not really THAT important.

I tried the Windows Sound Recorder and it works fine as well, like Sound Leech.

And I did double-check...the "Default Format" and did conform they're set at 44100Hz.

Thanks for all of your assistance.

Bart

BartmanJax wrote:I tried the Windows Sound Recorder and it works fine as well

If Windows Sound Recorder works then you should be able to get the same result by setting Audacity to use Microsoft Sound Mapper.

steve wrote:

BartmanJax wrote:I tried the Windows Sound Recorder and it works fine as well

If Windows Sound Recorder works then you should be able to get the same result by setting Audacity to use Microsoft Sound Mapper.

Steve, you had me going there for a minute. I thought I had tried all the various "Recording" settings. Switched to "Microsoft Sound Mapper - Input" and I'm still getting the same results.

Hi,
have you thought about downloading the Youtube .flv (I use YTD) & open it with Audacity which strips out the audio tracks & see if your PC is still running the track too fast?

Well that does at least help to rule out some other possibilities. If Windows Sound Recorder can record then Audacity should be able to. So what we are looking at now is likely to be either that Audacity fails because it is a little "heavier" than Windows Sound Recorder and that is just enough to push it over the edge (this should not be the case unless your computer is seriously under powered), or something is interfering with Audacity.

I'm not able to help much with this next step as I don't use Win7 (but Google is your friend).
Disconnect from the Internet (if you need to use Google, do that first )
Shut down all non-essential processes and services, including your anti-virus, firewall, Windows Update, any "quick start" applications and anything that is non-essential in the sys tray. You can probably do that with something like "task bar > start task manager >processes >highlight the process > end process" (disclaimer - I don't use Win7)

When you have your computer running as "lean" as possible, try recording with Audacity.

steve wrote:Well that does at least help to rule out some other possibilities. If Windows Sound Recorder can record then Audacity should be able to. So what we are looking at now is likely to be either that Audacity fails because it is a little "heavier" than Windows Sound Recorder and that is just enough to push it over the edge (this should not be the case unless your computer is seriously under powered), or something is interfering with Audacity.

I'm not able to help much with this next step as I don't use Win7 (but Google is your friend).
Disconnect from the Internet (if you need to use Google, do that first )
Shut down all non-essential processes and services, including your anti-virus, firewall, Windows Update, any "quick start" applications and anything that is non-essential in the sys tray. You can probably do that with something like "task bar > start task manager >processes >highlight the process > end process" (disclaimer - I don't use Win7)

When you have your computer running as "lean" as possible, try recording with Audacity.

With it being a new computer with an I7, Quad Core, 3.2gHz and 12GB ram with a 120gb SSD drive, I don't think system resources are an issue. My old one (a couple of weeks ago) was an old P4, 3.02gHz single core with 1GB RAM and a WHOLE LOT MORE BS software installed ran Audacity just fine. The big difference is the old one was XP Pro (32 bit) and now I'm running W7 Pro 64b bit. I have almost ZERO software installed on this new one.

I've tried disabling everything that can be disabled and still, no joy.

Earthling wrote:Hi,
have you thought about downloading the Youtube .flv (I use YTD) & open it with Audacity which strips out the audio tracks & see if your PC is still running the track too fast?

Tried that and that will work. I can just just about any format in Audacity (that it supports) just fine. But if I try playing ANY file in ANY player (MP3 in Winamp or a video in VLC player) and start the record function in Audacity, the same thing happens. I can play the file fine IN Audacity, but when I try to record with Audacity, it goes all wacky.

Oh well....