unable to hear recording

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riverboatsam
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Re: unable to hear recording

Post by riverboatsam » Sun Oct 11, 2009 1:39 am

Hello! I am another person having trouble hearing a recording. Based on your notes here, I went to check Win Media Player and... Surprise! It suddenly wouldn't play EITHER. (I just bought/attached an USB Turntable so's I could record vinyl to MP3/CD's). After much experimentation, I discovered the following: If I Unplug the USB Turntable, then Start (or Re-start) either Win Media PLayer or Audacity, then I can hear them Play - but I can't hear them if the turntable/USB is plugged in, or unless the "Playing" program is started up AFTER the USB is unplugged. (BTW, I have an Old Sony VAIO "Audio/Video" oriented PC which has been nothing but trouble on audio/video stuff <I can do things on IBM laptop at work that I can't on the Sony>).
Anyway, I can GET BY with unplugging/rebooting programs, I GUESS, but it's a royal Pain in the behind. Clearly, MY problem is not Audacity related... but do you have any ideas/suggestions for how I might solve the problem (Record AND Play using Audacity while the USB-Turntable is plugged in?)
Maybe an device address problem? (But I don't know how to FIX those...)
Any further help would be appreciated!
:-)
- Thanks,
- Riverboat Sam -
(My apologies... I am using 1.3.9, but as Win Media Player has the same problem with the turntable, I'm positive it's not an Audacity or release problem anyway).

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Re: unable to hear recording

Post by kozikowski » Sun Oct 11, 2009 1:49 am

It's not unusual for Windows to become confused when you plug a USB device in. It tries to manage sound both directions to that device. Sound from the turntable to the computer works pretty well, but it also tries to send playback back to the turntable. That doesn't work so well.

Windows Control Panels is supposed to deal with that.

Windows Control Panel
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... trol_Panel

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