loud noise when recording internet radio [SOLVED]

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loud noise when recording internet radio [SOLVED]

Post by stardust2003 » Tue Mar 15, 2016 11:59 pm

Hi,
I used to be able to record any radio or podcast I was listening to ... or movie ...

suddenly I try to do that and get a terrible noise.... the blue audio signal fills the
panel ... its a total mess !

Im using 2.06
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Re: recording live radio

Post by steve » Wed Mar 16, 2016 1:39 am

stardust2003 wrote:Im using 2.06
Do you mean Audacity 2.0.6?
That's quite an old version now. the current version is 2.1.2 which is available here: http://www.audacity.audio/download/windows/
stardust2003 wrote:suddenly I try to do that and get a terrible noise.... the blue audio signal fills the
panel ... its a total mess !
You may have turned on "Software Playthrough" by accident. Turn it off in the "Transport" menu.
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Re: loud noise when recording internet radio [SOLVED]

Post by stardust2003 » Wed Mar 16, 2016 2:57 am

HIT the transport .... the sofware playthrough was ticked

unticked it ... bingo.... I can record audio live on line again

many thanks for this advice

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