Thank you. Yes, I am guessing the mic may be muted, as I did select it as
per your instructions.
Judy
From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Downie
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 7:56 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: External recordings.
Hi Judy
Were you able to select microphone in step 3 of my instructions? If so,
that is a very good start. From the recording device dialog, shift-tab
until you reach Recording Volume. The closer to 100 the value at this stage
the better.
If recording volume (and playback for that matter) are relatively high and
you still do not hear anything when recording, my next guess is that the
mike may be muted. Robert can probably give you more succinct instructions
on how to check that than I can - my method is a bit lazy and difficult to
convey in an email.
Andrew
From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Judy Jones
Sent: Friday, 1 February 2019 2:25 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: External recordings.
Hi, Andrew, and thanks for your instructions.
They were perfectly clear and easy to follow, however I still could not hear
anything.
To clarify, I am trying to use my PC's internal microphone, not plug in an
external mic. I used the wrong terminology.
Also,playing around with the Microsoft pre-installed voice recorder, I could
not get that to sound either.
Any other ideas?
Judy
From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Andrew Downie
Sent: Thursday, January 31, 2019 5:56 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: External recordings.
Hi Judy
I am assuming you either have a computer with an in-built microphone or an
external microphone is connected. Let me know if I am barking up the wrong
tree.
After launching Audacity:
1. Press control-shift-f6
2. Press shift-tab until you reach Recording Device. It will probably
be on something like Stereo Mix or What you Hear according to my guesswork.
3. Arrow up/down until you find Microphone.
4. Press control-f6 to get back to your tracks area and try recording.
5. Let us know how you did.
Andrew
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<audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> On Behalf Of Judy Jones
Sent: Friday, 1 February 2019 12:04 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] External recordings.
Greetings to all,
Although I have had Audacity for quite some time and love it, some basics I
haven't delved into.
I use Audacity to record from software or internet, but how do I change it
so I can record from my PC's voice recorder? I made this change a long time
ago so I could record the other way, but don't remember how I did it.
Thanks for the refresher.
I particularly love that you can change pitch of music. A lot of second and
third generation recordings raise the music pitch, and I like my original
recordings in their original key,so this has been great to apply to my music
collection from the 50s and 60s.
Thanks. Very much.
Judy
