Audacity Forum

When you make a recording, do the bouncing red lights on the upper right consistently stay below 36? Audio below 36, besides being way too low, will not show up on the waveform. Koz Koz, Sound input as monitored, usually around the -12 mark. But still nothing in the waveform window. BTW, I've insta...

Wait a minute. You make a recording and you don't get a screen that looks like this? http://kozco.com/audacity/audacityPanel.jpg Or you get that screen but the blue lines are straight instead of thick and wiggly? Koz Koz, Precisely that, screen but no waveform - straight blue lines.. DavidG

First thing, shut down the Mac, disconnect the USB turntable and restart. Leave the turntable off. When everything is working again, go into the Mac System Preferences and make sure the built-in microphone is selected as the input and the little lights flash when you talk. Close the panel. Open Aud...