Unable monitor sound before recording[SOLVED]

I am able to record from a cassette tape deck and replay is okay. But prior to making a recording I cannot hear audio which makes it difficult to identify an
individual track. I can’t find an answer to this in FAQ. As a newcomer to Audacity I’d appreciate any help.
Thanks in advance, Brown Owl.

A few minutes ago I posted a quert regarding I couls not monitor sound prior recording. Please ignore this.
I have since been going through the control panel and found answer to the problem. I had not clicked start monitor.
As I said I’m a newbie to all this so please excuse myn ignorance.
Brown Owl.

Thanks, though it is better in that case to reply to your own topic (I have now merged your two topics).


Gale

I have tried to address this in the FAQ:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ:Recording#playthrough .

Gale