Help for Audacity on Windows.
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.
Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at
https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
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1.2.x and
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Gale Andrews
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by Gale Andrews » Sun Feb 26, 2017 2:42 pm
heanner wrote:Gale Andrews wrote:heanner wrote:The audio jack works fine, but in Audacity, I plug in my headphones, but the sound still goes through the speakers. I've searched for a solution, not finding one
How do I solve this so that when I listen to audacity, I can listen through my headphones?
If when you plug in the headphones you hear sound in the speakers and headphones, this could be a setting in your sound card. Hold Windows key down, press X and choose "Control Panel" then look under "Hardware and Sound" for your sound card's control panel.
It doesn't appear to be. If I listen to other programs or audio, sounds go to the earphones. But not with audacity. According to the settings, the jack is working properly.
Have you tried changing the playback device to your headphones in Audacity's
Device Toolbar?
Gale
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Robert2
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by Robert2 » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:03 pm
Gale Andrews wrote:To be fair, the Anniversary Edition of Windows 10 lets you left-click the speaker icon then choose the playback device from a dropdown menu.Gale
Not on my Windows 10 system with all currently available updates. Not with the Realtek integrated audio that I have.
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Gale Andrews
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by Gale Andrews » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:23 pm
Robert2 wrote:Gale Andrews wrote:To be fair, the Anniversary Edition of Windows 10 lets you left-click the speaker icon then choose the playback device from a dropdown menu.Gale
Not on my Windows 10 system with all currently available updates. Not with the Realtek integrated audio that I have.
This is what I am talking about:
Quickly Change the Audio Playback Device in Windows 10 Anniversary Update.
Which devices are you choosing between? Realtek cards usually do have an option to play through speakers and headphones at the same time.
Gale
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Robert2
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by Robert2 » Sun Feb 26, 2017 3:44 pm
Sorry! My bad! I had never paid any attention to the upward-facing arrow on the right of the current audio playback device. It does give access to a list of all enabled audio playback devices. I am going to uninstall AudioSwitch.
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heanner
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by heanner » Sun Mar 05, 2017 12:12 am
I tried to download AudioSwitch and it isn't free. I'm taken to a page to "donate" and as much as I'd love to donate, it's asking me to pay in Euros. So really, it's a dead end.
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heanner
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by heanner » Sun Mar 05, 2017 12:18 am
Gale Andrews wrote:Robert2 wrote:setting and resetting the default audio output in Windows 10 as I had to do was hell. It was convoluted and cumbersome. It involved plenty of clicks.
To be fair, the Anniversary Edition of Windows 10 lets you left-click the speaker icon then choose the playback device from a dropdown menu.
Gale
I can select the audio jack til the cows come home, but the sound still comes through the speakers with the headphones plugged in.
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Robert2
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by Robert2 » Sun Mar 05, 2017 10:11 am
heanner wrote:I tried to download AudioSwitch and it isn't free. I'm taken to a page to "donate" and as much as I'd love to donate, it's asking me to pay in Euros. So really, it's a dead end.
The download link is
https://github.com/sirWest/AudioSwitch/ ... .1.5.0.exe, and donation is not mandatory. It can easily be skipped by using the appropriate button. However, as Gale Andrews pointed out, you shouldn’t need AudioSwitch in Windows 10. Is “Stereo Mix” enabled as audio source on your system? You might want to take a look at
How to Record the Sound Coming From Your PC (Even Without Stereo Mix)
Robert
Moderator note: For security reasons, please do not link directly to executable files. I have replace the link to "AudioSwitchSetup.2.1.5.0.exe" (above) with text. If anyone wants to use the link, they can copy the address into their web browser address bar. Please note that for safety, EVERYTHING downloaded from the Internet should be scanned for malware / viruses. A good on-line malware / virus checker is: https://www.virustotal.com.
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Gale Andrews
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by Gale Andrews » Sun Mar 05, 2017 7:37 pm
heanner wrote:Gale Andrews wrote:Robert2 wrote:setting and resetting the default audio output in Windows 10 as I had to do was hell. It was convoluted and cumbersome. It involved plenty of clicks.
To be fair, the Anniversary Edition of Windows 10 lets you left-click the speaker icon then choose the playback device from a dropdown menu.
Gale
I can select the audio jack til the cows come home, but the sound still comes through the speakers with the headphones plugged in.
As I asked:
Gale Andrews wrote:Have you tried changing the playback device to your headphones in Audacity's
Device Toolbar?
Gale
