Audacity Forum

I just moved in to a Gateway laptop with Vista Home Premium. When I plugged the microphone into the front panel jack, Audacity did not pick up sound on both speakers (even though I had set it to record in stereo). In Microsoft's resident sound recorder, the sound is muddled and distant. Any suggesti...

Could you tell me what USB sound card you bought? I have a similar issue: Just purchased a Gateway laptop, which is not recognizing the microphone. I too have Vista Home Premium. Thanks for any tips or insights.

J.

Oddly enough, the microphone doesn't work at all when I plug the microphone into the front panel of my laptop. It records on only one speaker with the docking station. I was excited to get a docking station so that I don't have to keep plugging in USB cords, but it seems to slow the computer down an...

I just moved into a new Gateway laptop for which I purchased a Triton docking station. I plugged in the microphone and got nothing. I fiddled then with the recording devices deal that you get when you right-click the sound icon in Vista. After "training the microphone," I got excellent sound in just...