no recoridng anymore

[Kwouk]

I use Windows XP and Audacity 1.2.6. For mounth I used Audacity to record sounds and music.
A couple of week ago I wanted to record some more sounds and music but the mixertoolbar
don't show up the possibity to choose stereo mix, mono mix, CD player . I cannot record any sound.

I deinstallated 1.2.6, installated 1.2.6, deinstallated and installated 1.2.3. NO SUCCES at all.
I installated Lamm. Nothing!!!!
So please help me to be able to record sounds and music again.
Thanks
Burt

[Gale Andrews]

I use Windows XP and Audacity 1.2.6. For mounth I used Audacity to record sounds and music.
A couple of week ago I wanted to record some more sounds and music but the mixertoolbar
don't show up the possibity to choose stereo mix, mono mix, CD player . I cannot record any sound.

I deinstallated 1.2.6, installated 1.2.6, deinstallated and installated 1.2.3. NO SUCCES at all.
I installated Lamm. Nothing!!!!
So please help me to be able to record sounds and music again.

Choose the input you want in the system mixer:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer ... ssues#xpcp

But don't use 1.2.3. It's old and buggy. Use the current Beta 1.3.12 if you want a second version of Audacity.


Gale

[kozikowski]

You can put both versions on your machine, but only use one at a time. Audacity 1.3 projects will not open in 1.2.

Koz

[Gale Andrews]

You can put both versions on your machine, but only use one at a time. Audacity 1.3 projects will not open in 1.2.

Thanks, as a bit of amplification to that, 1.2 projects will open in 1.3, but if you save them in 1.3, that stops you opening them again in 1.2.



Gale

[Kwouk]

Thanks for your answers. But still no succes unfortunately.

At the MIXER BAR I cannot choose a input opportunety like: line or phone etc
Its blank and GREY. When my Audacity was working I could choose an input source.
How can I solve this problem? I think when this is solved my Audacity will work again???
Hope you can help me further

[Kwouk]

As earlier mentheoned: I work with XP And not Vista
that always has a Grey Mixer toolbar

So using XP - the mixer toolbar is grey and recording is suddenly not working anymore.
But I can play music but no recording is possyble. It's not a computer component that failes, I think

[steve]

I work with XP And not Vista
that always has a Grey Mixer toolbar

The problem also sometimes occurs on XP - it depends on the sound card drivers.
The link provided by Gale Andrews covers Windows XP.

[Kwouk]

Sorry, still no succes. unless all your knowledge.
Do you have any other tips & trics please
Burt

[steve]

What are you trying to record and with what? Your voice with the microphone built into your laptop? A guitar with an external microphone plugged into an M-Audio 123 USB sound card? A YouTube video playing in Firefox? ......

[Kwouk]

I listen to the radio on my desktop computer (XP) and when I hear something nice I had Audacity to record
the music or an intervieuw. It always worked very well, but suddenly I could not record any sound at all.
Yes: I can listen to the music that is downloaded on mij hard disc but I cannot record it.