Audacity Forum

A brief update... It looks like Audacity will actually record with the mike that I have, however, it only seems to pick the loudest of sounds, and those only if the mike is held directly to the sound source. I can get it to record snaps and whistles, but not guitar. Is this just my mike? The cable? ...

Hello, I am using Audacity1.2.6 on WindowsXp operating system. The microphone I am trying to use is 1/8" mike from an Olympus DS-30 DVR. The problem I am having is that I cannot get Audacity to recognize the mike. I cannot record anything live through the mike. Is there a way to do this? From what I...