No signal seen or heard when recording

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Re: No signal seen or heard when recording

Post by steve » Tue Apr 17, 2012 1:11 pm

jahg wrote:other info in the windows is different than yours
It will be, (unless by some weird coincidence you have exactly the same sound card as me).

What you do next depends on a lot of things including; which version of Windows you are using, what sound card you have, what options are available in the Device Toolbar on your computer, what you are trying to record from (which I think you said was to be the built-in mic?)

This paragraph may be all that you need to get going: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ: ... ng#Vista_7
If not, there's a more thorough tutorial here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tuto ... _Recording
9/10 questions are answered in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

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