new mixer bought trying to record

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the recording device is set to usb codec,

Where? In both the Windows Control Panel AND in Audacity Preferences?

when i toggled with the configuration

Where? Which setting?

could be superstition
but it seems that i had to set every place i found a reference to audio stuff in order to make my pc work

some of them did appear to be the same thing but several of them had other options

in particular i had to unmute and max volumes everywhere
and double check taht they all used the correct audio card

then it worked fine with audacity