Audacity Forum

Wow! That worked! I THOUGHT I had tried every available combination of Interface, Recording and Playback options, but I had NOT tried Stereo - why would it refuse to record Mono? I'll experiment with the recording more tomorrow - it's late and I've been singing Valentines all day. And I have to reme...

I don't know how to access Windows Sound Recorder. Where would I be most likely to discover it? And Yes, I'm still using the same Windows XP computer that (still) successfully records with Audacity 1.2.6. OK, I just found Windows Sound Recorder and I CAN record sound using that utility. Thanks for s...

I just finished defragging C: and there's no change to my problem. Still shows no input from mic, and when I click Record, the cursor doesn't move from the beginning of the track. When I look at Preferences - Devices, my choices are MME and Windows Direct Sound. Both give the same result. For Playba...

And I tried SO hard to get all the information included in my first post! Darn! I'm using a SoundBlaster Live card, with a headphone-mounted mic. A previous version of Audacity continues to work fine. I have recently cleared out lots of space on my C: drive, and I defrag fairly often, but I'll try t...

I've been using Audacity 1.2.6 successfully on my Windows XP sp3 machine. Imagine my dismay when I upgraded to Audacity 1.3 Beta, and I can no longer get any input from my mic. I've tried all the different combinations of Preferences (Host: MME or Windows Direct Sound)(Recording: SB Live! Wave Devic...