No sound in earphones while recording

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Northern Songwriter
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No sound in earphones while recording

Post by Northern Songwriter » Wed Feb 26, 2020 3:05 pm

Hi guys

just got my USB Mic set up in Audacity. the mic is working fine and i can playback the recording and hear it fine but i cant hear what im singing while recording and before i start recording. i did turn on monitoring and i can see the fader going up but no sound through my headphones.
am i doing something wrong ?
Also i can hear some noise from the Mic. ive attached the file to listen to.
can i get rid of this in the settings ?
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Audacity noise file.wav
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