Audacity Forum

There is no Ubuntu "3.3" version.

You don't want to record the MIDI file. You want to Export > Song in Hydrogen which gives you a WAV file. Then start Audacity and drag the WAV file into Audacity.


Gale

Hi , in an attempt to make some progress I went back to my old computer and grabbed the wav file drum and then a guitar track , songs I had done , so yes I had put it in the correct wav file and then got my computer to hear my guitar pugged into the input on my sound card , to ad the extra track , the said wav files play in both Audacity or Reaper , so , yes I need to follow above instructions to relearn how to create wav file , but now still cannot get computer/Audacity to register my guitar audio signal via the input on my sound card,.
Any ideas as to how to get my line in to trigger the vu,s , the recording levels in Audacity so I can ad some more tracks to the wav files I have ?

I tried timidity , but could not make sense of it , have reminded myself of the process with help from here , cheers , I have just saved drum track as , song , then imported to Audacity as wave file , still can;t get Audacity to respond to line in , I will never be able to ad more tracks if it won;t hear the line in , any ideas please ?

Godfree wrote:Any ideas as to how to get my line in to trigger the vu,s , the recording levels in Audacity so I can ad some more tracks to the wav files I have ?

If you want to record directly from GR30 (if you are still using that) you have to connect from its Mix Out to the computer. Audacity does not record MIDI. Please tell us exactly how you are connecting the guitar to the computer. How many audio inputs does the computer have?

Mix Out of the GR30 should be connected to the line-in of the computer, not to the microphone input.

Usually the best method on Ubuntu is to install PulseAudio Volume Control (pavucontrol), use pavucontrol to select the audio input you are connected to, then choose the "pulse" recording device in Audacity's Device Toolbar.

If you need more help, I suggest you tell us accurately the exact version of Ubuntu you have (not "3.3"), the exact Audacity version (all three numbers, see the pink panel at the top of the page), and post the information from Help > Audio Device Info... top right of Audacity (so we can see what audio devices you have).


Gale

Can anyone tell me if I need to engage Jack to record line in in Audacity , using Ubuntu Studio

Gale , your fabulous , yes I am using the gr30 , stereo audio out "mix out" into the mini stereo jack line in on my old Ensonic sound card , I go online with windows 10 laptop , has power plug issue keeps cutting out , the joys of being poor and buying cheap , so I would have to save this pulseadio file to flashdrive or something , I am not good at such tasks , I maneged to record the guitar straight in and using mic on guitar amp , ?with Unbuntu studio an older version , I will go and check my versions now

I have Audacity version , 1,3,11-beta , and Puppy Studio 3 , , if pulseadio thing you metioned is what I need , isn;t that the new jack or replaces jack , so I should be using jack to connect sound card to ? , system? ,

Godfree wrote:I have Audacity version , 1,3,11-beta , and Puppy Studio 3

Audacity 1.3.11 is obsolete and no longer supported.
Puppy Studio 3 is obsolete and no longer maintained http://puppylinux.org/wikka/PuppyStudio

If you are not an expert with Computers and with Linux, I would strongly suggest that you use a modern, mainstream and well supported Linux distribution.

Why can't you get online with this Linux computer?

There are some more recent versions of Audacity for Puppy Linux here: http://puppylinux.org/wikka/Audacity.

I really would not use Jack if you are not knowledgeable about computers.

If you want more help I suggest you post the information from Help > Audio Device Info... from top right of Audacity, as I suggested before.


Gale