hooking up shurepg81 to audacity using fast track int

[seanhanebury]

Hey I'm trying to get some recording done using the shurepg81 condenser microphone. I am using the Audacity 1.3 Beta and have a M- Audio fast track interface. This interface is connected to my pc using a usb cord. My issue is that audacity will not pick up the microphone sound so i am unable to record. please help me im using windows xp

[steve]

Ensure that you have the latest version of Audacity 1.3 (currently 1.3.13).
The M-Audio fast track interface must be connected to the computer, powered up and recognised by Windows before you launch Audacity.
Open Audacity and in "Edit menu > Preferences > Devices" ensure that the USB option is selected for the Recording device. (Set the Playback device to whatever playback device you are using).

[seanhanebury]

Thank you for your response, goter up and running! However, the one thing is when I try to playback a recording the speakers will not work unless i unplug the interface. Is there any way around this? Again, thanks for your help

[steve]

Open Audacity and in "Edit menu > Preferences > Devices". Ensure that the "Playback" device is set to the sound card that you are using for playback.