Audacity Forum

Every time I run Audacity, the results are always the same, as illustrated by the attached image. A quickly attenuated waveform.

The first time I used Audacity several weeks ago, it generated waveforms. Between then and now, I apparently corrupted something between the Line In socket and the monitor display. The OS is WindowsXP SP3 and with the audio on the motherboard. The audio drivers (SigmeTel) are the latest recommended by DELL
web site. The sound quality from the inexpensive desktop speakers is fine.

My problem is that no analog to digital is happening, ... suggestions as to the root of my problem.

Thanks

Tony

It's better than even chance your computer thinks you're trying to make an internet phone call and is automatically adjusting sound levels for you. That's a sound system setting, but I couldn't begin to tell you where since I don't have Windows XP.

You almost told us what type of computer you have. Laptop? They very often don't have stereo "Line-In" in favor of the much more sensitive and mono "Mic-In" or microphone level. They're very not the same and there's something like a thousand times volume difference between them.

Some computers can switch between them and that may be what you did by accident. High level Stereo Line-In connections typically don't have automatic volume control.

One clue that you may have the wrong type of connection is that only the Left instruments (over by the violins) make it through. The instruments on the Right (brass, timpani) vanish.

Koz