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possys2
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 Posted - 2025/01/03 : 20:53:28
"Recorded audio was lost at the labeled locations. Possible causes: Other applications are competing with Audacity for processor time. You are saving directly to a slow external storage device."
my onedrive is at 95% full and i have a usb stick in the computer and irig connected, but when i go to recording time at the bottom of the audacity screen its says i have have 311 hours recording time remaining!
any ideas what this means, been working fine for many years, little blip now and again, but a reinstall normally does the trick... not this time tho.
is it time for a new pc.. ive had it for probs 6 plus years
thanks in advance
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MusicILove
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Posted - 2025/01/04 : 08:13:05
quote:
Originally posted by possys2:
"Recorded audio was lost at the labeled locations. Possible causes: Other applications are competing with Audacity for processor time. You are saving directly to a slow external storage device."
my onedrive is at 95% full and i have a usb stick in the computer and irig connected, but when i go to recording time at the bottom of the audacity screen its says i have have 311 hours recording time remaining!
any ideas what this means, been working fine for many years, little blip now and again, but a reinstall normally does the trick... not this time tho.
is it time for a new pc.. ive had it for probs 6 plus years
thanks in advance
Sounds like you have a weird recording setup. It’s saying 311 hours because that’s what’s left on your computer physically. I feel like you might be trying to save to a one drive folder. The one drive software itself could be causing this. Alternatively if you are recording to a USB drive that could be the issue. As flash drives can be quick or very slow. Especially with writing.
I would recommend creating a recordings folder on your C drive and pointing Audacity there instead of one drive linked user folder or a USB drive.
Out of interest what are your computers specs?
I can’t imagine it’s not powerful enough for Audacity.
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Possys
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Posted - 2025/01/04 : 22:07:54
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Samination
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Posted - 2025/01/04 : 22:09:05
if it says yo have more tha n300 hours of recording time, then this sounds more like your PC doesnt have the processing power to handle read and writes to your external drive at the same time as you do other things
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possys2
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Posted - 2025/01/04 : 22:14:36
Optical Drive: DVD+RW Drive - Full Height (5.25") Black
Memory (RAM): 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) 12800U
Chassis & CPU: i5-3470 (A Grade) HP 8300 Elite SFF
Hard Drive (HDD): 500GB SATA 6G HDD
Operating System: Micr. Win. 10 PRO (64bit) COA - Lic. and Insta.
150 quid off ebay. think ill unlink one drive and take the usb stick out
and then try a recording
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Samination
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Posted - 2025/01/05 : 08:31:18
yeah, those stats are very outdated by today's standard. (I'm on a 6th gen of intel i5, so i know how old it is XD)
If you still have storage left on your internal HDD, use that for editing, and then copy/save to the external drive after.
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MusicILove
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Posted - 2025/01/05 : 09:07:24
quote:
Originally posted by possys2:
Optical Drive: DVD+RW Drive - Full Height (5.25") Black
Memory (RAM): 8GB DDR3 (2x4GB) 12800U
Chassis & CPU: i5-3470 (A Grade) HP 8300 Elite SFF
Hard Drive (HDD): 500GB SATA 6G HDD
Operating System: Micr. Win. 10 PRO (64bit) COA - Lic. and Insta.
150 quid off ebay. think ill unlink one drive and take the usb stick out
and then try a recording
One other thing I can think of is what are your audacity's bit depth and Sample Rate settings.
16bit 44.1kHz should be able to be recorded on anything. If it's anything higher than those settings I suggest changing to those.
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Samination
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Posted - 2025/01/05 : 11:44:43
on my previous computer specs (an intel i5 2400), i couldnt use my USB cable from my turntable to record. it would create stutters all the time.
the same would happen when i recorded through speaker jacks if I was doing something at the same time on my computer.
I just noticed that it was the warning that mentioned the external drive, not possy2. 
But yeah, like I said earlier, I think it's related to too many other software/programs are on and are competing for the computer's resources.
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possys2
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Posted - 2025/01/05 : 12:47:09
ok ill try some experiments via disconecting and unplugging things.... lol
thanks you both for taking the time to help =)
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Samination
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Posted - 2025/01/05 : 13:21:51
closing any programs you dont need on at the same time should help a little too.
like any webbrowser.
if you have no intention of connecting it to the internet, turning off any antivirus program should help as well.
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