If you need to find out the manufacturer and model number of your motherboard, use CPU-Z (no installation required, just unzip) or Belarc Advisor (browser based, requires installation). Even if the originally shipped drivers or drivers obtained from Windows Update or Device Manager work correctly, drivers obtained directly from the manufacturer may be more recent and full-featured.įor a branded computer like Dell or Lenovo you would usually look on the computer manufacturer's site. Therefore as with any new version of Windows, it is strongly recommended to look on the website of the computer or motherboard manufacturer for the latest Windows 10 audio drivers intended for your computer model. In that case, Audacity 2.1.2 or versions before that might show Internal PortAudio error on launch and not see any devices at all, or might show error opening sound device when playing or recording on some devices. If you have a machine upgraded from previous Windows, or older external sound devices, some or all of your devices may lack Windows 10 drivers that are properly matched to the device. Generally speaking, Audacity will work fine with the built-in audio device on a new computer that comes with Windows 10. I don’t know, what would be the problem, what is the difference, because in Win8 it works perfectly.Sound Device driver requirements and problems MME), then change to ASIO, use it, then change back to MME before exiting every time. Or I have to start Audacity with other interface setting (e.g. The only solution is reinstalling Focusrite’s drivers every time, it solves the problem - still using Audacity with ASIO again.

If I change the interface settings to ASIO in Audacity, still no problem (only sometimes clicks and cracks while recording), but if I exit then start the Audacity again with this saved ASIO interface setting, all sound playback in Win10 will be like in slow motion, unlistenable (e.g. I would like to use the same compiled Audacity (and the Focusrite), but I have problems in this machine. I compiled it in Win8 as it’s written in Wikipedia.

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