Hello folks, I have solved my problem, without going into the peculiarities of my set up, I have two computers feeding through a hardware mixer fromline ins and outs. All this worked fine until I installed the latest version of Audacity, but I now realise that the line in on the computer with the new version is the culprit, if I unplug this, the problem is solved, I think it must be the new loop option, not that I am using that when the problem manifests itself, but I think it must be the cause of the noise, somehow I must have two input sources on the same input. Maybe I will get my brain around it and find a permanent solution so that I can use the line in for recording, my microphone is sourced through my hardware mixer. If not, I will just go into devices each time I load Audacity. By the way, the noise has returned, so, I think David is correct in saying that it's an intermittent problem. Best Regards, Jim. -----Original Message----- From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of David Bailes Sent: 10 September 2013 16:50 To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: getting and Error. Hi Gale, yes, the observations were about wdm-ks. There seems to be an intermittent gremlin in the works somewhere, David. ----- Original Message ----- From: Gale Andrews <gale@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: Sent: Tuesday, 10 September 2013, 16:05 Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: getting and Error. | From David Bailes <david_bailes@xxxxxxxxxxx> Tue, 10 Sep 2013 14:44:59 | +0100 (BST) | Subject: getting and Error. > Hi Matt, > I'm getting the same error from time. It ends up going away, and I > can't aways remember what I've done to fix it. One time it went away > after I opened preferences and pressed ok. (Similar to Jim's noise > problem). The other time I changed the sampling rate in the Quality > category of preferences to 48000, and it went away, I then changed it > back to its normal value and it was still fine. I'm not sure whether > or not it's connected to having another program sending audio to > another playback device. David, Are you talking here about only WDM-KS? A few people have said that you need to select the WDM-KS input in Device Toolbar (even if it's already selected) to stop the "error opening" (though I don't see that). One person said you had to do this with MME, but I think he may have a broken sound card driver. If I recall, OK'ing Preferences even without making changes will have the effect of exercising the device lists, so that might be the explanation of what you're seeing. Gale > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Matt Turner <meturner2214@xxxxxxxxx> > To: Audacity <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: > Sent: Monday, 9 September 2013, 23:06 > Subject: [audacity4blind] getting and Error. > > Hay there, I'm getting a error when trying to use the new WDM-KS audio > interface I'm using 2 sound cards, i've got speech from NVDA going to > my computer, and have audacity set to use my USB sound card. > When i import a mp3 file just to test, i get the following. > ErrorError while opening sound device. Please check the output device > settings and the project sample rate. > OK > any fix? The audacity4blind web site is at //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, Audacity keyboard commands, and more... To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject line unsubscribe The audacity4blind web site is at //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, Audacity keyboard commands, and more... To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject line unsubscribe The audacity4blind web site is at //www.freelists.org/webpage/audacity4blind Subscribe and unsubscribe information, message archives, Audacity keyboard commands, and more... To unsubscribe from audacity4blind, send an email to audacity4blind-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with subject line unsubscribe