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Audacity Help Forum Windows
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OK, on my Windows 10 machine,

  1. Exit Audacity.
  2. Turn OFF Zoom H2n, and uplug power supply.
  3. Unplug USB cable.
  4. Open Audacity 3.0.0. Click OK at startup screen.
  5. Connect USB cable between H2n and PC.
  6. H2n screen illuminates to “SD CARD READER”
  7. with H2n PLAY button, advance down to “AUDIO I/F”
  8. Depress H2n PLAY button to select “AUDIO I/F”
  9. H2n displays “SAMPLING FREQUENCY” is 44.1kHz
  10. with PLAY button, advance to and select “CONNECT”
  11. On Audacity, note that Project Rate (Hz) in lower left-hand corner is 44100.
  12. On Audacity, Transport > Rescan Audio Devices
  13. On Audacity’s Device Toolbar, select MME, Microphone (H2n), Stereo, Speaker
  14. Press Audacity’s RED record button and note that stereo track begins recording audio.
  15. Stop Recording, Ctrl+Z to delete recording
  16. On Audacity’s Device Toolbar, select Windows DirectSound, Microphone (H2n), Stereo, Speaker
  17. Press Audacity’s RED record button and note that stereo track begins recording audio.
  18. Stop Recording, Ctrl+Z to delete recording
  19. On Audacity’s Device Toolbar, select Windows WASAPI, Microphone (H2n), Stereo, Speaker
  20. Press Audacity’s RED record button and note that stereo track begins recording audio.
  21. Stop Recording
  22. Press Audacity’s GREEN play button and listen to most recent recording

I hope this helps. :smiley: