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Hi, I just kind of need help. I am using Audacity 1.3 Beta (Unicode) through a Windows 7 operating system and I am trying to test the record button in Audacity but when I try to an error message comes up. The message says "Error while opening sound device. Please check the input device settings and the project sample rate." I also clicked on edit, looked at the preferences section, and then checked the devices section but Audacity couldn't detect any recording device. What can I do so that Audacity could record audio through Windows 7? Thanks for any help?

forumuser84688 wrote:I am using Audacity 1.3 Beta (Unicode) through a Windows 7 operating system

We can't help you with that obsolete and probably very buggy version of Audacity. Please read the pink panel at the top of the page. I strongly suggest updating to the latest 2.1.1 version from http://audacityteam.org/download/windows.

forumuser84688 wrote:Audacity couldn't detect any recording device

That is what you need to fix. See http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer ... es#vistacp for how to enable audio devices in Windows.


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