Catalina microphone issue with Audacity

[dergundel]

Hi, my first post here having read all those posts on this issue. I recently upgraded to Catalina (from Mojave) and have the no audio issue as well. Did try all the Terminal tricks but never got Audacity show up in the microphone permission list. When trying this command “/Applications/Audacity.app/Contents/MacOS/Audacity;” however I am getting a list of these messages:
||PaMacCore (AUHAL)|| Failed to open AUHAL component.||PaMacCore (AUHAL)|| Error on line 1263: err=‘-50’, msg=Unknown Error

and still get no Audacity.app entry to grant microphon permission.

[jademan]

I am getting a list of these messages:
||PaMacCore (AUHAL)|| Failed to open AUHAL component.||PaMacCore (AUHAL)|| Error on line 1263: err=‘-50’, msg=Unknown Error

and still get no Audacity.app entry to grant microphon permission.

I would like to suggest starting a new post for a new problem. Sometimes when you add to an existing (particularly long) post, your query gets lost in the weeds.

So I am a Windows guy, so I cannot help you directly. Until a Mac guy comes along, take a look at this post for ideas and inspiration:

Audacity 2.3.2 / Catalina PLAYBACK problem

I’m having some problems with Audacity (2.3.2) on Catalina (latest supplemental, but problems have existed since initial install). I’m aware (now) that Audacity on Catalina is not supported, but I’m posting because my problems seem to be different than what others have described. As I understand it, most users on Catalina are experiencing an issue where Audacity mostly works correctly, but trying to record results in silence. In contrast, I am getting error messages on both playback and recor…

Also, is your Audacity up-to-date ? See here: Audacity ® | Download for Mac OS

I hope this helps.