[ale] Secrets of Audacity!

[ale at pcartwright.com (Paul Cartwright)]

On Tue February 9 2010, Charles Shapiro wrote:
> Since starting a music podcast ( http://eelfighter.podbean.com ) I
> have been playing with Audacity 1.3.9 a little bit. ?But when I loaded
> a sound file into Audacity and tried to play it, nothing would happen
> -- I mean, like, the cursor wouldn't move, and no sound came out even
> though it went into play **mode** and the edit parts of the program
> were greyed out. ?Google was not helpful. ?Eventually I discovered
> that "software playthrough" under the Tracks menu was checked. When I
> unchecked it, everything worked correctly again. ?Further, you can go
> into
> Edit->Preferences->Recording and make sure it's off by default. ?Now I
> am a Much Happier Camper

I just looked, and I have 1.3.5. beta ( Debian Lenny). software playthrough 
was unchecked, and I don't think I've ever run the program before.. Amarok is 
my default player..

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