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Make the Audacity configuration directory known to Nyquist. This would be useful to allow Nyquist effects to save and recall settings, and even to read audacity.cfg.

[Update: Nyquist plug-ins now have *SYSTEM-DIR* property list.]

Edgar wrote:But in reality you don't need all of that from a built-in effect because there's a wxWidgets function which returns the configuration directory no matter where it is.

Thanks Edgar. That's going on the Nyquist wish list

Go into the Windows Sound Control Panel and select the Recording tab. Set the microphone input as the default recording device. Talk into the microphone and you should see green bars next to the microphone icon moving up and down as you talk. Play some music on your computer through headphones and t...

Matthew, I split your last post to here http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 20&t=75908 as it is really a different proposal to what is being discussed here.

How are you generating the tones for your test?

menackin wrote:I can do that (I am doing that), and it works

I'm wondering if we can break this down into an "engineering" problem.
What are the drawbacks/limitations of doing this way (the way that you are currently doing it)?

Robert J. H. wrote:How about

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(print *default-sf-dir*)

No that's not reliable. It seems to show the location from which it was launched rather than where the executable is.

I don't know of any reliable way to find the directory from which Audacity is running (which I think would be required to find a Portable Settings folder). Let me know if you find one

On Linux you can use the HOME environment variable.

Look in the recording settings in the device toolbar. What options are available?
You need to select the option that corresponds to your microphone, not Stereo Mix and not Sound Mapper.