Missing Mixer Toolbar

[whites11]

Hi people.
i'm new here, but i hope you'll help me anyway.
my setup: arch linux current 64bit, and audacity from repositories with these version(s):

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Audacity ® 1.3.12-beta (Unicode)

Librerie principali
libsamplerate (Conversione frequenza di campionamento) Abilitato
PortAudio (Riproduzione e registrazione audio) v19
wxWidgets 2.8.10 (Unicode)

Caratteristiche
Nyquist (Supporto plug-in) Abilitato
LADSPA (Supporto plug-in) Abilitato
Vamp (Supporto plug-in) Abilitato
Audio Units (Supporto plug-in) Disabilitato
PortMixer (Supporto scheda mixer audio) Abilitato
SoundTouch (Supporto intonazione e cambio tempo) Abilitato

Informazioni sulla versione
Data di rilascio del programma: Apr 14 2010

my audio device:

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==============================
Default capture device number: 5
Default playback device number: 5
==============================
Device ID: 0
Device name: ALSA: HDA Intel: ALC1200 Analog (hw:0,0)
Input channels: 2
Output channels: 0
Low Input Latency: 0,011610
Low Output Latency: -1,000000
High Input Latency: 0,046440
High Output Latency: -1,000000
Supported Rates:
==============================
Device ID: 1
Device name: ALSA: HDA Intel: ALC1200 Digital (hw:0,1)
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: -1,000000
Low Output Latency: 0,011610
High Input Latency: -1,000000
High Output Latency: 0,046440
Supported Rates:
    44100
    48000
    88200
    96000
    192000
==============================
Device ID: 2
Device name: ALSA: HDA Intel: ALC1200 Analog (hw:0,2)
Input channels: 2
Output channels: 0
Low Input Latency: 0,011610
Low Output Latency: -1,000000
High Input Latency: 0,046440
High Output Latency: -1,000000
Supported Rates:
==============================
Device ID: 3
Device name: ALSA: iec958
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: -1,000000
Low Output Latency: 0,011610
High Input Latency: -1,000000
High Output Latency: 0,046440
Supported Rates:
    44100
    48000
    88200
    96000
    192000
==============================
Device ID: 4
Device name: ALSA: spdif
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: -1,000000
Low Output Latency: 0,011610
High Input Latency: -1,000000
High Output Latency: 0,046440
Supported Rates:
    44100
    48000
    88200
    96000
    192000
==============================
Device ID: 5
Device name: ALSA: default
Input channels: 128
Output channels: 128
Low Input Latency: 0,042653
Low Output Latency: 0,042653
High Input Latency: 0,046440
High Output Latency: 0,046440
Supported Rates:
    8000
    9600
    11025
    16000
    22050
    32000
    44100
    48000
    88200
==============================
Device ID: 6
Device name: ALSA: dmix
Input channels: 0
Output channels: 2
Low Input Latency: -1,000000
Low Output Latency: 0,042667
High Input Latency: -1,000000
High Output Latency: 0,042667
Supported Rates:
    48000
==============================
Device ID: 7
Device name: OSS: /dev/dsp
Input channels: 16
Output channels: 0
Low Input Latency: 0,011610
Low Output Latency: 0,000000
High Input Latency: 0,046440
High Output Latency: 0,000000
Supported Rates:
==============================
Selected capture device: 5 - ALSA: default
Selected playback device: 5 - ALSA: default
Supported Rates:
    8000
    9600
    11025
    16000
    22050
    32000
    44100
    48000
    88200
Unable to open Portmixer

My problem is that i don't have any mixer toolbar so i can't choose the input channel for recording.
i read the wiki and it says that if i have portaudio v19 i must have audacity 1.3.x and that's my case.

any idea what's going wrong? thank you

[bgravato]

The recording device is selected in the Preferences, under the Devices tab.

Not sure if I understand what your problem is...

What are you trying to do? What was supposed to happen? And what really happens?

[whites11]

thanks for the answer
what i want to do is record from the line-in port of my notebook.
i searched google about this, and found this page:

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... uter_or_CD

where, in the section Workflow - setting up audacity i read:

Windows XP or earlier or Linux, select line-in in Audacity's Mixer Toolbar input selector

where Mixer Toolbar is a link for http://audacityteam.org/onlinehelp-1.2/ ... _mixer.htm where i can see a toolbar similar to the one i have, but with an additional select field where i can choose the line to record from.

This is what i expect to have:

This is what i expect to have

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This is what i see:

My toolbar, without the select control

toolbar_mixer_mine.png (1.87 KiB) Viewed 1579 times

is the documentation i read old or is there something that is not working properly?

[bgravato]

That seems to be documentation for the old 1.2 (though still considered to be the stable version, eventhough it's more unstable than 1.3 in some systems). You don't have nothing broken, it's probably just the documentation that is old...

Anyways the best way to select your desired source is to go to the preferences (under Edit menu, or press Ctrl-P), select Devices section and then under recording select the apropriate input from the drop down menu (should be something like "line-in", name will vary depending on your system, soundcard model, etc).

Also note that most notebooks don't have a line input, only a mic input, which is not suitable for recording line level signals... Make sure yours has a line-in. If not the solution is to get an usb adapter. You can read some reviews in the Recording Equipment section of this forum.