I need help. I can't record.

Audacity 3 Help Forum Windows
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I have used Audacity for many years. But yesterday, for some weird reason, I couldn’t get my microphone inside of Audacity to record. All I got was a straight line. I tried everything I could think of, but nothing would work, which was very frustrating.

I then wondered if, in my attempt to get it working, I had messed up something. So I tried to reset everything back to the default mode. But that didn’t work either. So I deleted the entire application and attempted to totally download and begin from the beginning. But now I can’t even get it to open. ughhhh. I am very frustrated. Nothing is working at all.

I have a regular podcast that I need to record and scheduled appointments for interviews, and nothing is working.

Is there anyone who can help me get this reset and working again?

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Have you selected the microphone as your [u]Recording Device[/u]?

What do you mean by “inside Audacity”? Does the mic work and can you set it up so you can [u]hear the microphone through the speakers[/u] (without running Audacity)?

I have a regular podcast that I need to record and scheduled appointments for interviews,

:stuck_out_tongue: It’s a computer. Did you expect it to be reliable every time? :stuck_out_tongue: Seriously… If you’re doing interviews, I suggest getting a portable solid state recorder and then use the recorder and the computer in parallel, and take notes too!

Or you can use your phone, but you’ve got various apps loaded/running on your phone too and it also can get accidentally “re-configured”.