This problem has now shown up on another computer without the Samson mic connected. I'm running Ubuntu 15.10. The bug only starts after a good while of use.
Running from the terminal, I get the following error many times a second for as long as the garbled sound plays: «ALSA lib pcm.c:7905:(snd_pcm_recover) underrun occurred» -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1530365 Title: Audacity plays too fast and crashes when playing through Samson microphone To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/audacity/+bug/1530365/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs