Audacity Forum

Well, that seems to have worked, - Lord knows why!

Though the "loopback" option needs a lot of level adjustment.

Sincere thanks, Steve. I now have a functioning laptop for recording.

It's on the Recordings tab, along with Microphone. But on the Playback tab, there's "Speakers" and "Digital Output - AMD High Definition Audio Device - Not plugged in."

It doesn't appear on the Playback setting: only Digital Output (AMD High Definiton Audio Device) whcih stated it's "Not plugged in" and Speakers. It's there on the Recording setting, along with Microphone.

Many thanks, Jademan. It worked! I never even knew the option existed - I mean, it's not in the Sound Settings menu.

Brillo!

(Still get the same -9996 error, though. Ho hum.)

Windows: Home 10.0.19041 Audacity: 2.4.2 When I select WSAPI as Audio Host, and Speakers (Realtek(R) Audio) (loopback) as the Recording Device, the following message appears when I try to record a new track, eg with Shift+R: Error opening recording device. Error code: -9996 Invalid device. When I se...