Hello there
Using Audacity 2.4.2 on a chrombook laptop
At first instant I have an in built mic with the machine. I load Audacity. I press the big red record button and talk into the mic, but it dose not register sound! I know my mic dose work as it works with other programs. Please see this video for clarity
Windows user here. Do you have microphone permission? On Windows and MacOS, you need to give Audacity access to the microphone. I believe Linux requires the same.
Yes, last I heard, Audacity doesn’t run on Chromebook, BUT Audacity DOES run on Linux and Chromebook has a Linux support mode on it.
As I said I am a Windows guy. Hopefully a Chromebook or Linux user will contribute. In the meantime, I would do an internet search for Audacity and Chromebook to get some ideas.