TIMELINE ACTIONS DISABLED DURING RECORDING

[steve]

"There are three "sample rate" settings that should all be the same:

In the Recording tab of the Windows Sound control panel
In the Playback tab of the Windows Sound control panel
Audacity's "Project Rate" ... "

Check again that these three sample rates are the same.

[MrDay]

Yes, I'd checked the rates, thanks...
Control Panel\Hardware and Sound
>Recording> Select device>Properties\ Microphone properties \ 2 Ch, 16bit, Advanced 48000 Hz
>Playback> Select device>Properties\Speaker properties \ 2 Ch, 16bit, Advanced 48000 Hz
Audacity Project Rate 48000 Hz

Still not sure about the Pinned play / record head...

Time for a power-down and reboot, and I'll (check all the settings before trying again and) report back again tomorrow...

[MrDay]

So... the power-down re-boot seems to have set us up OK, and- having adjusted the latency value- I think we're now in business to try some multi-track recordings. Interestingly, although in the Windows settings the mic and speakers are unchanged (at 48kHz), the Project rate has come up as 44100 Hz, BUT I'm leaving well alone as it's worked so far (for generating the click track, playing it back and recording it in order to check the latency value- which may have come down by a few ms overnight)... and it has now also worked for recording and overlaying a stack of vocal tracks etc.- many thanks for providing the facility.

On main screen we have:
MME,
RODE,
Mono,
Speakers (Realtek),
44100

Edit/preferences/recording:
Overdub selected
S/w playthrough not selected
Latency: A to B 130ms
Correction -196ms
SAR not selected

Transport: Overdub selected

Trivial Comment: the 'effect' menu is so tall it overspills and hides the 'Analyze' tab to its right, which involved a bit more mousing around to get rid of the menu and allow access to the 'Analyze' tab when I was hunting through the menus for anything that might have been messing things up. Not such a nuisance now that that period of 'hunting' is over!