Audacity Forum

... I do not hear the beep until I hit the record button on Audacity. I have included a sample. I am using Windows 8 and Audacity 2 Thanks for your help on this dadabi ring sound.wav

... hear when I attempt to record into the microphone socket, is myself speaking, even though I have a cable going straight into the mic socket ? ANY HELP truly appreciated. Thanks in advance.

... I went to Transport and Rescan and found out that the Microphone Array (USB PnP Audio) is indeed my new Tape device! :) Thanks very much for your help. Now I got to find out why there is no sound? Set the Output device in Audacity to your computer speakers or headphones, not to the tape player. ...

... on the Audacity version used on the XP machine versus the Windows 7 machine. Please don't bother - it's irrelevant. Please ask Blue if you need help recording with Snowball. It is a good mic and that is what you should be using. Gale

... the interface after launching Audacity, use Transport > Rescan Audio Devices from the Audacity menu bar at the top. Would upgrading to 2.0.6 help? It is always best to have the latest Audacity version but that won't change the issues noted above. Gale

Thank you Koz for great help.

Thanks Gale for the suggestions. I bought a guitar link USB interface but Audacity does not pick up the signal nor do I see the USB interface in the list of input. My PC uses Realtek HD Audio.
Would upgrading to 2.0.6 help?

Dominic

... report....not sure why. Should I change the AUTOSAVE file back to its original name? Let me know what else I can provide. Thanks a bunch for your help and patience thus far!

... internal mic on my laptop or use the USB mic. I understand that since this mic is used, it might just be a sucky mic, but I figured I'd ask for help before going to the expense of buying another mic. So my question is ... Why can't I use the correct selection and recognize my usb mic? Is this ...

... of one sample period for the "signal" as it has a sample rate of 1000 Hz] (setq v (snd-fetch s2))) Fetch the next sample. Does that help?