Folks, While getting Fedora Core 5 to eventually try CCRMA, I'm trying to record using a microphone and Audacity. Card is M-Audio 1010LT, mic is M-Audio Pulsar that goes through a phantom power box and then to one of the mic inputs of the card. When I record using Audacity, playing a recorder flute, the sound is terrible, full of crackling sounds. I read some issues about that on the Audacity web site, but all points to editing the preferences and none of the Audacity menus I have (SuSE 10.0) shows any preferences ! So after an hour or so of trying, I gave up and used anopther recording software bundled with SuSE: KRecord. I guess this is a simple as it gets. Works fine. The sound is without any crackle and distortion. Anyone knows why Audacity can be so terrible at recording, and how to use it so it gives nice sounds ? Thanks ! Al
