Newbie Cannot Record

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daniell
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Newbie Cannot Record

Post by daniell » Sat Mar 14, 2009 11:32 am

I recently installed Audacity 1.2.6. I tried to record an audio stream that was coming through my speakers. When I pressed record, a flat line went accross the screen. I do not have a clue where to go from here. Any assistance would be greatly appreciated. I printed out the manual, but could find nothing to help me.
Also, I tried using the mixer toolbar, but it was empty. Just an an empty box that said audacity mixer tool bar.

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steve
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Re: Newbie Cannot Record

Post by steve » Sat Mar 14, 2009 3:05 pm

Have a look in the "Tutorials" (link at top of page).
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daniell
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Re: Newbie Cannot Record

Post by daniell » Sat Mar 14, 2009 4:45 pm

Windows Vista Home 64

CPU Intel E8400

4GIG RAM

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Re: Newbie Cannot Record

Post by steve » Sat Mar 14, 2009 6:03 pm

First call, have a look here, this should answer most of your questions: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... s_Vista_OS
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