I was able to work around this with Edit -> Preferences -> Devices and choosing actual hardware devices for both Recording and Playback. I had to experiment with which devices to choose, but was able to find a combination that avoided the problem.
Source: http://forum.linuxmint.com/viewtopic.php?f=48&t=174754&p=901001 -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1443314 Title: audio plays as white noise To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audacity/+bug/1443314/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs