Audacity Forum

Hi Folks..

I just hooked up my usb turntable and loaded the Audacity software following the manual
I am on Vista 64-bit OS
I am using USB cable
When I record a record, I get no sound, but can see graph representation
When I playback recording, I get no sound
When I disconnect the USB cable from the back of the CPU, I then get audio on playback
Any idea on why i get no audio on record and have to disconnect USB to get audio on playback
Do I have to hook up external speakers ?

Thanks

USB devices have a habit of hijacking the entire sound – output as well as input – and they don’t tend to have loudspeakers (hence “no sound”).

What you need to do is to direct the Windows sound output to your PC's soundcard Control Panel>Sounds and Audio Devices>Audio>Sound Playback - and make this setting to the PC soundcard.

You may also need to ensure that Audacity sends it output to the PC soundcard Edit>Preferences>Audio>Playback - and set this also to your PC soundcard. You may need to stop and restart Audacity for this setting to take effect.

WC

Thanks WC

I will try it this evening

JC Jr.