

So if you don't have the latest for your hardware, Audacity may have problems communicating and then crash.

If you're recording straight into Audacity, you're relying on Audacity to properly communicate with your audio hardware. Always make sure you download the latest release. Older versions of Audacity are missing great features and certainly don't work well on the latest operating systems. If you'd like similar success, try the following and share any suggestions and experience you have. I have almost never had problems with Audacity, except when I did something stupid.
