Page 1 of 1
cannot get audacity to record with external mic
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 5:33 am
by saravb
Did all the workarounds I could find online...including the terminal fix which allowed me to record using internal mic (which I hadn't been able to do until I did that fix). I then tried updating to most recent version of the software. My external mic comes up in the device options but just flatlines...can you help?
Thank you!
Re: cannot get audacity to record with external mic
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 8:25 am
by kozikowski
You needed terminal to record a built-in microphone? That's odd. Mojave is still pretty well behaved. Which terminal fix?
Which microphone? Which machine? How would I buy what you have?
Which Audacity?
Koz
Re: cannot get audacity to record with external mic
Posted: Sat Aug 22, 2020 2:28 pm
by saravb
I tried terminal to fix the problem cause I wasn't able to record using any mic at all at first. Once I did the terminal fix (see this video
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zFPrWXLw9fo), I could get the internal mic to work. Turns out I might have been able to avoid that by just updating audacity which I did later.
I'm using a neuman connected through an Apollo twin and now I'm pretty sure that the Apollo twin might be the issue. I have no problem on my desktop Mac using the same set up but I'm traveling and need a traveling set up.
Latest version of audacity - I think it's 2.4.2 I think?