No sound when recording

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jonnydarko
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Re: No sound when recording

Post by jonnydarko » Wed Apr 08, 2009 11:45 pm

Hi,

just got started with Audacity and I'm experiencing the same problem. However Iticked the playback box in the preferences menu and when I press the record button Iget an error message. I running Vista and using a saffire pro 40 for my i/o.

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Re: No sound when recording

Post by steve » Thu Apr 09, 2009 12:59 am

jonnydarko wrote:just got started with Audacity
Version 1.?
(Audacity 1.3.7 is recommended for Vista)
jonnydarko wrote:Iticked the playback box in the preferences menu
Which one ?
"play other tracks while recording new one" is ticked by default.
jonnydarko wrote:when I press the record button Iget an error message.
And the error message says ?
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ChurchillK
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Re: No sound when recording

Post by ChurchillK » Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:37 am

Running Audacity 1.2.4 and 1.2.6 under Vista. No sound when recording.

Another site directed me to:
Control Panel / Sound / Record-tab
Right-click in area listing devices
Select to Show Disabled Devices

A new "speaker" was displayed.
Right-click / properties this new device.
DISABLE this device.
Close all windows back to Control Panel.

Audacity now played sound as I recorded records.
Sound on my Vista system seems to work properly
for other programs.

-- Karl :D

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