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If Synaptic Package Manager is installed, you can probably find which repository Audacity has come from by looking in the "Origin" tab.Gale Andrews wrote:So you must have added some unofficial repository to your software sources.
mirror.1000mbps.com. The sound comes from my headphone connection to an amplifier and I am trying to record vinyl records. I just plug in a usb-record player. It worked fine on my Mac using Amadeus but it deceased (my Mac, I mean). Just wanted to try Ubuntu and so I ended up with Audacity (I ocassionally used it on my Mac, preferred Amadeus. Sorryrepository Audacity comes from
I assume you are either getting Audacity from a later repository than Trusty (14.04) or you are using an unstable Daily alpha build of Audacity that Ubuntu provide. I still say, doing either of those would give you a build that may be prone to crashes and that you would be much better to use the 2.1.2 Ubuntu Handbook PPA.onraad wrote:mirror.1000mbps.com.repository Audacity comes from
According to the Audio Device Info, you don't have any built-in audio device except HDMI.onraad wrote:The sound comes from my headphone connection to an amplifier and I am trying to record vinyl records. I just plug in a usb-record player.
Explain me why Audicty is playing for a while and then crashes.According to the Audio Device Info, you don't have any built-in audio device except HDMI.
Through an amplifierWhen you double-click that "Vous permettez" song, and so I assume it opens in Rhythmbox, how do you physically listen to the song?
I did all the time.Are you using the USB cable to connect the turntable to the computer? If not, try doing that, then restart Audacity. Select the USB audio CODEC explicitly as the Recording Device in Device Toolbar.
Does it freeze so you have to force quit it, or crash (it simply disappears)?onraad wrote:Explain me why Audicty is playing for a while and then crashes.According to the Audio Device Info, you don't have any built-in audio device except HDMI.
How exactly does that "amplifier" connect to the computer? Through the HDMI output? Through an output with a headphones symbol?onraad wrote:Through an amplifierWhen you double-click that "Vous permettez" song, and so I assume it opens in Rhythmbox, how do you physically listen to the song?
The USB audio CODEC does not show in your Audio Device Info so you could not select it. According to that Info, you have chosen the "default" recording and playback devices. Those devices are whatever pulseaudio (the Ubuntu sound mixer) is configured to use.onraad wrote:I did all the time.Are you using the USB cable to connect the turntable to the computer? If not, try doing that, then restart Audacity. Select the USB audio CODEC explicitly as the Recording Device in Device Toolbar.
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pavucontrolIngeschakeldGale Andrews wrote:
What does Help > About Audacity... say exactly for Audacity version number? On the "Build Information" tab of About Audacity, what is the program build date (near the bottom)?
That doesnt matter if I'm recording, aint it? But yes the output connection to the amplifier is the headphone connection.How exactly does that "amplifier" connect to the computer? Through the HDMI output? Through an output with a headphones symbol?
I get a codec if the turn table is connected.The USB audio CODEC does not show in your Audio Device Info so you could not select it. According to that Info, you have chosen the "default" recording and playback devices. Those devices are whatever pulseaudio (the Ubuntu sound mixer) is configured to use.
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I have none so it must be the turntable. I will test that. Thanks so far.In your Audio Device Info I see some external device called "HD-Audio Generic: ALC269VC Analog (hw:2,0)". Is that actually the USB turntable? To test that, disconnect the USB turntable from the computer, restart Audacity, and see if that "HD-Audio Generic: ALC269VC Analog (hw:2,0)" device is still in Device Toolbar.
If "HD-Audio Generic: ALC269VC Analog (hw:2,0)" is still in Device Toolbar, what is that device? Is it an external sound card?
So it was built after just after 2.1.2 was released.onraad wrote:IngeschakeldGale Andrews wrote:
What does Help > About Audacity... say exactly for Audacity version number? On the "Build Information" tab of About Audacity, what is the program build date (near the bottom)?
Programma-informatie
Bouwdatum van het programma:
Jan 22 2016
Commit-id:
No revision identifier was provided
Bouwtype:
release-build
It matters because that headphone connection does not appear to be in the Audio Device Info you posted.onraad wrote:That doesnt matter if I'm recording, aint it? But yes the output connection to the amplifier is the headphone connection.How exactly does that "amplifier" connect to the computer? Through the HDMI output? Through an output with a headphones symbol?
If you connected the turntable while Audacity was open, restart Audacity or do Transport > Rescan Audio Devices in the Audacity menu bar so that Audacity "sees" the new device.onraad wrote:I get a codec if the turn table is connected.The USB audio CODEC does not show in your Audio Device Info so you could not select it. According to that Info, you have chosen the "default" recording and playback devices. Those devices are whatever pulseaudio (the Ubuntu sound mixer) is configured to use.
If the playback problem was freezing (greying) then it is almost certainly due to that pulseaudio latency setting: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Linux_Issues#pulse.onraad wrote:Don't call it a day before it's midnight, but I just recorded a few minutes Stones (with the Audio USB Codec) and even played it back without that annoying greying.