Audacity causes Ubuntu to run slow

[RubiK]

Hi guys, very new to Linux and hope to learn a lot more about it.

Anyway, whenever I open Audacity 1.3.9-6, Ubuntu 9.10 runs really slowly, so I have to end the Audacity process in System Monitor to regain functionality.

Any ideas?

Thanks,

RubiK

[ThomasTheXPUser]

Are there any new updates for Audacity? I haven't used in a while so I don't know.

By the way, there is a new version of Ubuntu (10.10)

[indogo]

Audacity 1.3.x series uses portaudio and is known to be problematic for many including me. In my case it would only record for a few seconds.
If you can find a a 1.2.x version then it will be stable and fast...debian had a 1.2.4 which I used,


hope that helps

mike

[FlyFishing]

I'm using Audacity 1.3.11-beta (OpenSuse 11.2) on a Dell Studio laptop. It is working fine for me.  What are the specs of your hardware (processer, etc?)

[indogo]

Actually with some recent testing a problem does arise if the project sample rate is not available on the sound card...which in my case WAS available by selecting 'default' alsa device rather than the specific named card.
In other words playing with sound options may help.
Also the 1.3 series does take about 90% cpu on a 933mhz machine for recording compared to 30% for the older OSS version so may indeed be significant on a slower machine.
mike