Thanks for the quick reply Gale!
I will post the results in the order that the suggestions were made.
Direct Monitor Switch: On.
Software Playthrough: Off. Overdub: On.
Scarlett set as recording, and playback device. The freezes have improved.
Setting Audacity to Front allows playback through computer speakers.
Your instincts about the USB cable were correct. The cable supplied with the Scarlett allows Audacity to function.
RAM: 3.8 GiB Processor Speed: Intel® Core™ i5-2400 CPU @ 3.10GHz × 4
I am only able to record on one channel, as the Scarlett has two inputs.
Audacity is functioning as it should.
Thanks for your help!
Playback through computer speakers
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