Audacity Forum

Maybe too obv but- in the recording window, did you check "show disabled devices?" Go to the sound control panel and under the recording tab, right click on the mic and check "show disabled devices" Thanks, thesamhill, but yes, I've tried doing the "show disabled devices" trick too; still only the ...

After more fiddling around, I was able to get the Windows Sound Recorder to record with the laptop's built-in microphone, which is the only option shown under the mixer recording window. Thanks for the link to the article about the Control Panel, and in fact I had all ready seen it. As I mentioned i...

Let's do basics. Close Audacity. Can you make a recording in Windows Sound Recorder? Unfortunately no; the sound files that I record with the Windows sound recorder are all silence, even though the sound I'm playing is coming across loud and clear over the speakers. So I would suppose we can conclu...

I first read through the "FAQ: How to record the speaker output (YouTube)"; my soundcard is a Conexant High Definition SmartAudio 221, and it's on a laptop running Vista Home Premium SP1. If I go to Start > Control Panel > Sound and click on the "Recording" tab, I only have the option to select "Mic...