Audacity v1.2.6 will not record audio

[jim marshall]

Recently downloaded Audacity v1.2.6 will not convert audio cassette tapes to *.wav files. I have Windows 2000 sp4 fully up to date with Windows Update.

Audacity will read, play, and graph *.wav files already on my hard drive . It will not input analog signal from my cassette player via my in-line soundcard input. Audacity's left and right input bar graph monitors show that the signal is getting thru to Audacity, but there is no pass thru to the headphones plugged into the soundcard speaker output, and the spectral graph display only records a featureless straight line.

As far as I know, all my volume controls are turned up. The soundcard itself seems to be functional. I am a new Audacity user. What am I doing wrong? Thank you. Jim Marshall

[kozikowski]

That version of Windows had two sound panels. The one you get when you right-click on the little speaker icon is the first one -- usually Playback, and if you click on Options or Aux or something like that, it will show you the second panel with even more faders and switches on it. That's the record panel.

Audacity should be able to record anything selected and turned up on the Record panel, and you should be able to hear anything selected or turned up on the Playback panel. Turn stuff on or off as appropriate.

Koz