USB Microphone

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USB Microphone

Post by mybigoldies » Sat Jan 29, 2011 7:43 pm

Audacity isn't recognizing my USB microphone as an input. It's an AVID mic. Is there any trick I should know?
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Re: USB Microphone

Post by steve » Sat Jan 29, 2011 9:46 pm

If you are on Vista or Windows 7 you may need to enable the microphone in the Windows Control Panel.

The USB microphone must be plugged in and enabled before you start Audacity.
Then go to "Edit menu > Preferences > Devices" and select the USB option for the Recording device. The Playback device needs to be set to your normal sound card.
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