There is no sound when I try to record into Audacity from my Key Studio M49i midi keyboard. Audacity recognizes the keyboard as the audio settings dialog shows “Playback Device M-Audio Key Studio 49i” and “Recording Device M-Audio Key Studio 49i”. See screenshot attached.
I can record into Audacity from Youtube from my browser, and I can hear this audio from my Key Studio 49i.
I am not trying to record MIDI just audio into the M-49i from instrument and microphone jacks.
Also, when I use the 49i with cakewalk sonar, it is recognized and will record these inputs.
Using HP Envy 2 in 1 internal sound card, Win11. USB ASIO drivers.
MIDI isn’t sound. MIDI is digital musical instrument management. “Push This Piano Key This Hard and Hold It For Three Seconds.” That is a MIDI instruction. You need to send that bitstream to a device that understands MIDI and can convert it into sound.
To identify what recording source you need to select first make sure that it is possible to hear it on your computer. You can do this by running the windows control panel using the run command option (right click the windows start button and select run).
Type in mmsys.cpl. The default playback tab will show the active device which you are listening to. This can then be recorded in audacity by selecting “that device”(loopback) as the recording device in audacity.
There may be better ways to record directly from your virtual instrument software or your sound card input socket if these are shown as active under the recording tab of mmsys.cpl and you can test these outside of Audacity by choosing “listen to this device” to hear them directly in windows.
