Dropouts

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david22
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Operating System: Windows 10

Dropouts

Post by david22 » Sun Feb 11, 2018 5:46 pm

I am using Win 10 and the Audacity version I am using is 2.2.2-beta

Error message:

“Recorded audio was lost at the label location. Possible causes: Other applications are competing with Audacity for processor time. You are saving directly to a slow external storage device.”

See attached screen shot.

I do not have any other application running other than those running in the background. None are sound intensive. I am saving to an internal 'C' drive.
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Trebor
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Re: Dropouts

Post by Trebor » Sun Feb 11, 2018 6:01 pm

david22 wrote:I do not have any other application running other than those running in the background. None are sound intensive.
The competing processes don't have to use sound, they, and Audacity, all use CPU.
Try increasing the CPU-priority of Audacity from "normal" to "above normal" so it's less likely to be interrupted ...

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Further reading ... http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/faq_ ... cations.3F

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