do not see wave graph on Audacity screen

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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I’m trying to record the audio from a YouTube video but do not see the sinewave graph on the Audacity screen as the audio is playing.
These are my settings:

  1. WINDOWS WASAPI
  2. SPEAKERS (as verified by my Windows panel) next to (1)
  3. I press record
  4. I start my YouTube video

Shouldn’t I be seeing the sinewave graph moving along on the Audacity screen as the video plays?
Instead, I see the x-axis just moving along as time passes showing zero amplitude.
Not surprisingly, my speakers are silent so obviously Audacity cannot find them.
What to do?

bromberg

2

Recording your own computer sound is a little tricky.

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer.html

Koz