¿¿¿ Audacity Is Killing Me ... Sound Settings ???

grimmer · grimmer #1 (**permalink**)

11-02-2006, 01:25 AM

Help please ... Audacity must be changing some secret sound setting automatically, because after I open it, YouTube is silent and Rhapsody refuses to play at all. iTunes is unaffected, as are the "system" sound settings. I don't get it. I feel like I have been through every menu and control panel in the OS.

Restarts do nothing (Safari or system). First this happened at home to my Dual-core Mini and now to the Intel iMac at work. Both are on Tiger. I am an old fed-up Windows defecter, but I sort of wish I had all the Windows menus now. Any ideas?

Aptmunich · Aptmunich #2 (**permalink**)

11-02-2006, 02:02 AM

Try starting garageband, wait for it to open and quit again.

Others have reported similar issues and firing up garageband seemed to help them...

dtravis7 · dtravis7 #3 (**permalink**)

11-02-2006, 03:09 AM

Garage Band has fixed this every time for me. Play a few notes in GB and then it should be back to normal. That is why I do not use Audacity any longer. I went with Amadeus. It costs a bit but works 100% and no issues so far.

grimmer · grimmer #4 (**permalink**)

11-02-2006, 06:17 PM

You are right. Wow. That is retarded.
Any insight into the mechanism at work here?
You guys are my heroes.

Aptmunich · Aptmunich #5 (**permalink**)

11-03-2006, 01:11 AM

Some sort of bug in audacity and its core audio handling I'd guess.

dtownley1 · dtownley1 #6 (**permalink**)

11-09-2006, 08:22 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by grimmer

Help please ... Audacity must be changing some secret sound setting automatically, because after I open it, YouTube is silent and Rhapsody refuses to play at all. iTunes is unaffected, as are the "system" sound settings. I don't get it. I feel like I have been through every menu and control panel in the OS.

Restarts do nothing (Safari or system). First this happened at home to my Dual-core Mini and now to the Intel iMac at work. Both are on Tiger. I am an old fed-up Windows defecter, but I sort of wish I had all the Windows menus now. Any ideas?

I read at the Audacity site that there was a bug like that. I think the remedy was listed at their site. There's something to change with preferences. I think what it does, is mess with other system sounds or something like that. There's something in the preferences which stops the app doing that.

I haven't had that problem with my version of Audacity, possibly because of that preference setting. Check out their site for details. It should fix it.

TenderSurrender · TenderSurrender #7 (**permalink**)

11-12-2006, 11:50 AM

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300832

~~ TS ~~

Aptmunich #2 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Munich Posts: 9,075 Mac Specs: Aluminium Macbook 2.4 Ghz 4GB RAM, SSD 24" Samsung Display, iPhone 4, iPad 2	11-02-2006, 02:02 AM Try starting garageband, wait for it to open and quit again. Others have reported similar issues and firing up garageband seemed to help them... Mac-Forums Twitter \| Mac-Forums Blog My Twitter \| Jetplane Journal
	QUOTE Thanks

Aptmunich #5 (permalink)
Member Since: Mar 09, 2004 Location: Munich Posts: 9,075 Mac Specs: Aluminium Macbook 2.4 Ghz 4GB RAM, SSD 24" Samsung Display, iPhone 4, iPad 2	11-03-2006, 01:11 AM Some sort of bug in audacity and its core audio handling I'd guess. Mac-Forums Twitter \| Mac-Forums Blog My Twitter \| Jetplane Journal
	QUOTE Thanks

TenderSurrender #7 (permalink)
Member Since: Aug 02, 2006 Location: Suffolk, UK Posts: 1,458 Mac Specs: MBP - 2.66Ghz Core 2 duo, 4GB Ram, 320GB HDD, Geforce 9400m + 9600M GT (256mb)	11-12-2006, 11:50 AM http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=300832 ~~ TS ~~ JEMDNA Photography - Clicky to see latest work “Punk is not dead. Punk will only die when corporations can exploit and mass produce it.”
	QUOTE Thanks

Similar Threads
Thread	Thread Starter	Forum	Replies	Last Post
Macbook Sound Driver Question	webzila	OS X - Operating System	1	10-16-2012 09:11 PM
How to adjust sound played through the mac from an external device? Impossible?	jeff613	Switcher Hangout	1	12-27-2004 04:52 AM

¿¿¿ Audacity Is Killing Me ... Sound Settings ???

Internet Services

Web Development

Digital Marketing

Consumer Tech

grimmer #1 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	11-02-2006, 01:25 AM Help please ... Audacity must be changing some secret sound setting automatically, because after I open it, YouTube is silent and Rhapsody refuses to play at all. iTunes is unaffected, as are the "system" sound settings. I don't get it. I feel like I have been through every menu and control panel in the OS. Restarts do nothing (Safari or system). First this happened at home to my Dual-core Mini and now to the Intel iMac at work. Both are on Tiger. I am an old fed-up Windows defecter, but I sort of wish I had all the Windows menus now. Any ideas?
	QUOTE Thanks

grimmer #4 (permalink)
Guest Posts: n/a	11-02-2006, 06:17 PM You are right. Wow. That is retarded. Any insight into the mechanism at work here? You guys are my heroes.
	QUOTE Thanks

Currently Active Users Viewing This Thread: 1 (0 members and 1 guests)