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Solving recording problems

Audacity is not detecting the audio device I just connectedchevron-rightAudacity is only recording silencechevron-rightAudacity is not playing back what is being recordedchevron-rightDelay and echoes when recordingchevron-rightCrackles, pops and distortion in the recordingchevron-rightVertical red lines in the recordingchevron-rightRecording volume slider cannot be movedchevron-rightAudacity records silence when using a Bluetooth headset as a recording devicechevron-rightOnly the left channel is recordingchevron-rightRecording dropouts, gaps, skips and glitcheschevron-rightLatency Compensationchevron-right
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