Audacity Forum

Steve wrote: Which version of PortAudio and wxWidgets has Audacity been built with? Build information -> Core libraries indicates: PortAudio (Audio playback and recording) v19 wxWidgets 2.8.12 Gale Andrews wrote: Perhaps tgf should build current Audacity from source code http://www.audacityteam.org/...

Steve wrote ...This article gives a general idea of how to change the default format for PulseAudio: http://www.overclock.net/a/how-to-get-t ... pulseaudio I'd suggest that you try setting the default format to signed 16-bit, and a sample rate of 44100 Hz. I don't think that is the problem. "arecord...

I first checked with "ps -eaf | grep pulse" that pulseaudio was running gfreeman 1842 1 0 Mar24 ? 00:02:28 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslog I then ran pavucontrol and connected the sound source to the Mic port, confirming that pavucontrol could see the signal. With pavucontrol on Reco...

Steve wrote ...That could be that you've put Audacity into record mode, or you've activated the recording meter. OK. I understand. This is what I get when it is not in recording mode: ============================== Default recording device number: 0 Default playback device number: 0 ================...

Steve wrote ... 1(b) Go to the "Recoding" tab, and set the bottom "show" control to "All streams". The tab should be empty (no active streams). When I click on All Streams, it comes up with two options: Applications, and Virtual streams. There is a message in the middle of the window saying "No appl...

Steve wrote: Is PulseAudio still running? Well, when I run pavucontrol it detects the hardware and state of the machine accurately. The only other way I can tell is with the command "ps -eaf | grep pulse" which reports gfreeman 1842 1 0 Mar24 ? 00:00:06 /usr/bin/pulseaudio --start --log-target=syslo...

Steve wrote: ... 7) Ensure that "Pulse" is selected in the device toolbar as the recording device. "Pulse" is not a listed option. The choice is between "default" and "HD-Audio Generic: 92HD99BXX Analog (hw:1,0)" ... 10) Click on the Recording Meter in Audacity ("Click to start monitoring"). You sho...

I have used Audacity for many years successfully, almost always using Linux. I currently use OpenSuSE on my computers, and Audacity is playing up on one of the machines when I attempt to get input from its Mic connection. There is no problem with output; sound is produced without problem. There is a...