This issue affects me too, but the workaround described in comment #21 (not #14) works for me. Here are my system details:
uname -a: Linux Snowflake 3.19.0-30-generic #34-Ubuntu SMP Fri Oct 2 22:08:41 UTC 2015 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux cat /etc/proc/asound/cards: 0 [PCH ]: HDA-Intel - HDA Intel PCH HDA Intel PCH at 0xf7b00000 irq 39 1 [NVidia ]: HDA-Intel - HDA NVidia HDA NVidia at 0xf6080000 irq 17 Laptop Model: Dell Inspiron N5110 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1246092 Title: Ubuntu 13.10 upgrade: audacity sound is trashed, program highly unstable To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audacity/+bug/1246092/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs