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I just installed the Windows 8 Release Preview (Big mistake.. Don't do it!), and now, even though I hear good audio through my speakers when not using Audacity,
Audacity records this:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/26911731/Misc/Noise.mp3
Even simply loading a good mp3, when played through Audacity I get the same result. I tried it on Audacity 1.3 as well with the same result.
Any idea where I should start looking for a solution?
Thanks,
Mike

The Audacity page on the web (http://audacityteam.org/download/windows) makes no mention of compatibility with Windows 8. Did you check that it was compatible before attempting to use it?

msantarc wrote:I just installed the Windows 8 Release Preview (Big mistake.. Don't do it!)

If you can just go back to Windows 7, I wish others more experienced could help but you know Windows 8 is not 100% ready yet.

PS: I don't know Windows 8 at all, but can you see if there's the option for software compatibility like is there for Windows XP, Vista and 7?

I was hoping that someone else had experienced this problem with Win 8 and had a simple solution, but failing that, I expect that they are working on a version of Audacity that will work on Windows 8 and I hoped that I could help beta test it.
I installed Win 8 on my higher powered desktop machine because it has WAY more memory than my laptop.
I'm still running Vista on my laptop and Audacity works fine there. So that's my "work around" for now.

So did you try the compatibility mode? http://minus.com/l70fmZkawNtHk

No! I wasn't aware that that was an option. Where can I find that dialog? I looked under preferences, but I don't see it.

Nevermind. I found it.

msantarc wrote:No! I wasn't aware that that was an option. Where can I find that dialog? I looked under preferences, but I don't see it.

Right click with mouse on Audacity's shortcut icon and choose properties, then compatibility and finally you see the option.

I tried all modes (Vista, Win7, Win XP) and I get the same results.

Maybe there's a solution, I could try playing through Windows' audio settings and exhaust all possibilities but doing it from the web it's hard.
By the way, Windows 7 and Vista 64bit support all memory quantity you want.