Distorted recording using focusrite scarlett

[TimS]

Hi everyone

I'm trying to record into audacity for the first time after getting a focusrite scarlett pre-amp and condenser microphone, but the recording is a bit distorted.

I've attached a recording so you can hear what I mean. I record in pro tools and it works fine, but not in audacity.

I plug the pre-amp into my Acer laptop via the USB and the microphone plugs into the Pre-amp.

Any ideas what might be wrong?

Thanks!!

Tim

[kozikowski]

You got me.

There is a tiny portion of the sound gone every .002 seconds through the whole file. I would have bet that was USB error or other time sharing or data management problem. But that would have affected Pro Tools, too.

?????

Koz

[mafg1953]

Hey Koz,

There is a tiny portion of the sound gone every .002 seconds through the whole file...

As I'm relatively new to all this, I was just wondering how you diagnosed that? I definitely hear the distortion but would have no idea how to identify it or describe it the way you did.

Thanks,

Mike