Just got Audacity - Basic questions!

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DJ Si De Burns
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Just got Audacity - Basic questions!

Post by DJ Si De Burns » Mon Apr 09, 2012 10:33 pm

Hi,
I'm running on Vista and have looked on FAQs etc for some simple info. but can't find! Do I need a mic to plug into my pc to record voice? It kinda suggests I should have an inbuilt one but I can't find or activate it. Someone please help me out because all i want to do is make a vocal/audio podcast! Thanks folks x

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Re: Just got Audacity - Basic questions!

Post by kozikowski » Mon Apr 09, 2012 11:06 pm

Laptops tend to have built-in microphones, deskside machines tend not to.

You can open Audacity and mess with the Device Toolbar. If it doesn't say "Built-In Microphone." then you probably need to buy something.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... olbar.html

Koz

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