Picking sound source from among many

Audacity 3 Help Forum GNU/Linux
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Hello,

I am using Audacity 2.3.1 on Ubuntu 19.04 from the repository ppa:ubuntuhandbook1/audacity. When I try to pick the microphone, I get a very long list of potential sound sources (54 choices to be exact), most of which are not recognisable. I can find my Logitec headphones mic among them, but it’d record volume is extremely low, and and I am unable to find my USB Alesis Mic among them (even though it is there and works perfectly with OBS). After several days of trying to figure this out, I have to give up and ask here if anyone knows how to resolve this and find a working mic among this long list of 54 options.

Thanks for your help.
Regards
Derek

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How many of the sound sources have “USB” in the name?
It may be easier to read the names if you look in the “Audio Device Info” (https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/help_menu_diagnostics.html)