Repeatedly getting garbled audio while recording.

[fragmental]

Ok...if I leave media monkey or firefox open I still get the laggy audio even though I still have plenty of resources. Is this normal behavior? Should I just force myself to remember to close these programs before recording, because it's normal or is there something else going on? It would be nice to be able to leave these programs opening because I use them for reference when I'm recording.

Also, the only thing in "directories preferences" is the location. There is no option for "audio cache" or "record to ram".

[Gale Andrews]

Ok...if I leave media monkey or firefox open I still get the laggy audio even though I still have plenty of resources. Is this normal behavior?

Quite possibly. You can't have more than a few tabs at a time open in Firefox or it will slow the whole computer. If you want lots of tabs, ensure you have latest Firefox. In Tools > Options, choose "Tabs". Make sure "Don't load tabs until selected" is checked (has a tick mark).

Should I just force myself to remember to close these programs before recording, because it's normal or is there something else going on? It would be nice to be able to leave these programs opening because I use them for reference when I'm recording.

Did you try Ragnar's tip http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 96#p192596 ?

Also, the only thing in "directories preferences" is the location. There is no option for "audio cache" or "record to ram".

Audio Cache was removed in 2.0.2 because it had a tendency to cause crashes.

If I understand it, you only have 3 GB RAM which is below Audacity recommended requirements for 64-bit Windows 7. If you can spare 1 GB of RAM, set that aside as a RAMdisk and set the Audacity temporary directory to the RAMdisk. That gives you 50 minutes of stereo recording at Audacity's default 32-bit float quality. As soon as recording finishes, save a project to your hard drive (not the RAMdisk, because it may not have room for editing the recording).



Gale

[fragmental]

I still get garbled audio even when nothing is running, and I've shut down all possible processes in the task manager. I have processor scheduling, set to "background services."

There is nothing using up resources and no reason for audacity to skip and sound garbled the way it does.

I've lost too many good recordings. Though I don't want to, I may have to find a different recording software.

[Gale Andrews]

I still get garbled audio even when nothing is running, and I've shut down all possible processes in the task manager. I have processor scheduling, set to "background services."

There is nothing using up resources and no reason for audacity to skip and sound garbled the way it does.

I've lost too many good recordings. Though I don't want to, I may have to find a different recording software.

I would strongly recommend making some recordings with another program, if only as a process of elimination.

Did you try increasing "Audio to buffer" in the Audacity Recording Preferences yet? Try 300 ms or more.


Gale