Windows 7, Audacity 2.0.3.
Recording with a Blue Snowball.
It's too easy to knock the USB cable out of the back of the mic. If this happens during a session, and I reconnect and try to record again, I only get a flatline. I must exit and restart the program.
It's irritating but not debilitating.
Confusion when mic is disconected and reconnected
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and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
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Re: Confusion when mic is disconected and reconnected
No, you don't. You can Transport > Rescan Audio Devices. Restart Audacity is the simple, get-out-of-jail card, but it does take a little longer.
The cable should not fall out of the back of a snowball. You may have a damaged connector or cable.
Koz
The cable should not fall out of the back of a snowball. You may have a damaged connector or cable.
Koz
Re: Confusion when mic is disconected and reconnected
You could try taping the lead to something solid so that it is less easily pulled out.
If it still gets pulled out, after reconnecting it, wait a moment for Windows to recognise it, then from the Transport menu select "Rescan Audio Devices", wait a moment, then check and if necessary re-select the USB microphone as the recording input in the Device Toolbar
If it still gets pulled out, after reconnecting it, wait a moment for Windows to recognise it, then from the Transport menu select "Rescan Audio Devices", wait a moment, then check and if necessary re-select the USB microphone as the recording input in the Device Toolbar
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Re: Confusion when mic is disconected and reconnected
Ah, thank you.
Perhaps something like "refresh audio devices list" might be a bit more self explanatory.
Perhaps something like "refresh audio devices list" might be a bit more self explanatory.