Audacity Forum

Tried recording from mic; worked so back to BBC SOUNDS now works and can turn down external speakers whilst recording. Whether leaving laptop off for two days, club walking again , made any difference don't know.

But anyway thanks for the help.

Yes Chrome is playing through the external speakers. But still stuck. You can see from the image I posted that when I press record I get two red triangles over the waveform area. I do not get any moving waveform showing that recording is taking place, whether or not I have the stream playing in Chro...

I am trying to record a stream from Chrome on Windows 10. Is this my problem. I thought I had to use WASAPI and Speakers (USB Audio) Loopback - these are my USB external speakers. I am hoping to use the external speakers so that I can capture the stream but turn the speaker knob to zero so I don't g...

This is a screen shot. Record does not work and select tool activated.

That does not work for me. The tool is still activated I.e. the button is highlighted and when I press the record button I get two red triangles showing over the recording display.

I am stuck with Audacity in that I pressed the Draw tool by mistake. Now I can use one the these tools i.e. when I press the Record button nothing happens.

What have I done wrong? How can I unselect these tools?

Thank you.

Amplify did the trick.

Now recording some LPs; be trying to remove noise.

Sarah.jpg Sources are Planar3/RB300/Linn K9/CA640P or Yamaha KX800. Sound Card ASUS Xoner SE on 64bit Windows 10 pc. (sound card added fof SPDIF output) RCA to 3.5mm 1 metre basic cable to Line In (mauve input; farthest from optical output on back plane - as per ASUS installation guide) ASUS consul...