cannot hear music

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boozer999
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cannot hear music

Post by boozer999 » Sun Nov 08, 2009 6:26 pm

my new record player came with a usb hookup and the audacity CD. Its seems to be recording fine but I cannot listed to what it is recording. I checked the FAQ board and did 2 things... first I clicked on monitor input that didnt work. Then I went to preferences and Under audio I/Q I clicked on software playthrough and that didnt work. My sirius internet radio plays fine... no problem with any mute buttons being turned on.
The only thing I cannot do is turn up the microphone bar up high... it wont let me. I am running windows XP Any ideas?

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Re: cannot hear music

Post by steve » Sun Nov 08, 2009 8:02 pm

Go to the Device tab in Audacity Preferences and set the Playback device explicitly to your computer sound device.
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Re: cannot hear music

Post by boozer999 » Mon Nov 09, 2009 1:47 am

I already tried that... still cannot here it Thanks anyway!

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Re: cannot hear music

Post by steve » Mon Nov 09, 2009 6:33 pm

You'll need to tell us about your system.

You've got Windows XP (SP2/SP3?)
You have a .... turntable and a ..... sound card.
You are using Audacity version ......
Your Audacity Preferences are set to record from .... and playback through ....

fill in some blanks, plus any other information that you think may help.
9/10 questions are answered in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

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