Audacity Forum

... DirectSound and WASAPI are not likely to unless the device driver supports multi-channel without ASIO. Class-compliant drivers are not going to help without ASIO in my opinion. http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/ASIO_Audio_Interface . Gale

... on the forum. The other elves are available to jump in if there is more information on any point or a correction. Plus, the posts are available to help others. We know what the two important problems are: You're recording in a machine shop and your monitors aren't accurate. I have no magic past ...

... a survey by email. Please let me know how I did today. If you are still having the same issue, you can reply to this email and I will be happy to help you further. Thank you! Steinberg US Support

... give you an old version - I'm not sure if Mint have caught up with the current release yet. Try installing it and then look in the Audacity "Help menu > About Audacity" to see which version you have. If it's Audacity 2.1.2 then you're good to go. If it's 2.0.5, then come back and we ...

... like to Install it and begin using it. I have searched many Websites and to no avail any successful Installation Steps. I would appreciate any Help from someone who could help me acquire Audacity correctly for installation and possibly provide the installation commands.. I don't mind reading ...

... it should, it's much more likely to be a flaw of your speakers, or even your room. Or other settings in the computer as Windows tries to "help" you by adjusting the sound. What's the problem you're trying to solve?

Please don't forget to give us your Audacity version when asking for help (all three numbers, see the pink panel at the top of the page). I used to "Truncate silence" effect to remove silence but it only remove silence in single track. I have a lot ...

... my playing track the original song. I see there are some settings for overdubbing under 'transport' in the open Audacity screen. Thanks for any help

Thanks for the completeness of your posting.
Koz

Just to cover the obvious first, Audacity checks for new audio devices when it starts. So plug the microphone in, let it settle and then start Audacity. You can also Transport > Rescan.... Do you see the microphone device in the Audacity Device Toolbar? http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/device_tool...