Audacity Forum

Wow! This fixed it! It was the "Enable Audio Enhancements" that was getting in the way. When I unchecked this box, and restarted Audacity, it now recognizes the Instrument 2 from UM2 on both the Mono and Stereo settings. The 48,000 Hz setting was not an issue. I left it at 48,000 Hz because the UM2 ...

Oops, I forgot to post the screen capture. And I looked at responses above and see that I hadn't uploaded this yet. But this is what it has been set to most of the day today.

Set the default format to "stereo". By "Set the default format to "stereo", I assume you mean to 2 channel 16 bit 48,000 Hz, which is what it was set to already when I followed your instructions - as I had already done this in a previous step and is shown in one of my screen captures in a response ...

OK I just found out that I can plug my 1/4" guitar plug into the Instrument 1 of the UM2. I didn't realize that before but just saw it on a YouTube demo of the UM2. Now it records the guitar. And I can change it to Mono recording and record the single track in mono, like it should be for guitar. I g...

I should add that the headphones connected to the UM2 play the sound loud and clear. The UM2 was bought new in the fall. And although I have had them connected to USB cable to my laptop, I have not been successful in recording from it, but I do see the signal meter from Window Control Panel for Soun...

OK two screenshots. One of the original recording while strumming the guitar and showing the amplify affect settings about to be applies. The other with the amplify affect applied. It just sounds like scratchy noise.

OK see two screenshots of the meters working from Windows Control Panel for Sound on the "Microphone (2 - USB Audio CODEC)".

One screenshot from Audacity for devices selected.

And a text file with the Audacity Audio Devices info you asked for.

Thanks much!
- Kevin

I do have it selected.

Perhaps I should uninstall Audacity and reinstall? Maybe try the new version 3.0?

What do you think?

Hi Steve, So look at my second post above at 9:17, I had been recording from the laptop mic accidentally do that explains why it recorded the guitar sound (from the actual strings and not the USB connection), and also explains why I was recording my voice as I did not have a mic hooked up to the UM2...