Hi Ted,
glad to hear it's working again. Concerning the recording meter, Andrew
Downie has recorded some information about this:
https://drive.google.com/open?id=1_pjpOEv_JFMzNIlBa5wL8aI-py4SZ8ng
David.
On Wed, 22 Jan 2020 at 17:27, <tr.galanos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
some answers:
1. When you try and record, is a new track created, but no audio
placed in it?
Yes, I believe so.
1. After trying to record, if you go the the record meter in the
toolbars section of the main window, what does it say the peak db level is?
Not sure how to get to peak meter. Never used it.
1. Have you got either overdub or software playthrough turned on. If
so, does it make a difference if you turn them off?
Playthrough is on because I sometimes record to karaoke.
Interestingly, the day after I posted to the list, I changed to wasapi to
record jaws in stereo mix. I tried test recording with the shure microphone
and suddenly its working again. Working also in TeamTalk (when set to
direct) and with Skype.
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*From:* audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <
audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf Of *David Bailes
*Sent:* Wednesday, January 22, 2020 5:30 AM
*To:* audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [audacity4blind] Re: Recording While Wearing Headphones
Hi Ted,
some questions:
1. When you try and record, is a new track created, but no audio placed in
it?
2. After trying to record, if you go the the record meter in the toolbars
section of the main window, what does it say the peak db level is?
3. Have you got either overdub or software playthrough turned on. If so,
does it make a difference if you turn them off?
David.
On Mon, 20 Jan 2020 at 23:34, <tr.galanos@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi list,
I’m having a similar problem on both laptops ever since I moved from the
nursing home. I have almost identical setups. I use Shure microphones with
XLR Y-adaptors that plug into the 2-chanel M-Track audio interface. The
interface is a USB device. It shows up as a recording option, but when I
press r and try recording something, nothing does. In fact, the counter
remains at 0:00.000. Any ideas?
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*From:* audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <
audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf Of *Andrew Downie
*Sent:* Saturday, January 18, 2020 7:10 PM
*To:* audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [audacity4blind] Re: Recording While Wearing Headphones
Hi Brian
Well, what a nasty trick to play. It is a Windows rather than an Audacity
setting and very uncivilised of them not to alert you. I don’t recall it
being an issue here, possibly because I had Audacity installed before
upgrading to Windows 1803. However, a quick check of the Audacity Forum
<https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?t=100117> suggests that the
issue could occur if Audacity was already installed. It is weird that it
let you record with Goldwave – perhaps it was installed before the update.
In any event, well done in sorting out the issue. Now you can continue
the learning curve.
Andrew
*From:* audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <
audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf Of *Brian Williams
*Sent:* Saturday, 18 January 2020 10:04 PM
*To:* audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [audacity4blind] Re: Recording While Wearing Headphones
Hi Andrew, sorry about the delay in getting back to you but tricky little
while to solve the problem. With the help of my fully sighted son, we
eventually found a reference on the web that says some versions of audacity
automatically block the microphone on some laptops In Windows 10. As far as
I can understand it what we had to do was go into the privacy settings on
the laptop, get it to get audacity to allow the microphone,and then in
audacity set Audio host to wasapi, And a recording device to microphone. So
far, so good. The next trick will be trying to use an external microphone
as the internal one is how they say, crap. Anyway, thanks for your help so
far. Watch this space.
Brian
On 16 Jan 2020, at 10:44 am, Andrew Downie <access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Hmmm, that is not optimal. When you hit r to record, does the screen
reader say, “Track 1 not selected”? If so, that is a good start. If not,
I am very puzzled.
Having launched Audacity, try this sequence and tell us what happens.
1. Press r and say something which may or may not be meaningful.
2. Press spacebar to stop the recording.
3. Press spacebar again to play the recording.
If that yields nothing, try the following:
1. Press control-shift-f6
2. Shift tab four times. That will tell you which sound card Audacity
is playing back through. If a laptop, there is almost certainly only a
choice of one, but one never knows.
3. Press shift-tab again and it will tell you the input being used to
record. That should tell you, perhaps in convoluted terms, that it is the
internal mic.
Arrowing up and down in either of those fields will allow you to change
devices and that may yield something useful.
All that said, I am surprised that Audacity did not select the relevant
input and output devices. Let us know how you get on. If no luck, I am
sure the collective brains on the list will help you work it out.
Time for bed here, so will check your progress in the morning.
Andrew
*From:* audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <
audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf Of *Brian Williams
*Sent:* Thursday, 16 January 2020 9:06 PM
*To:* audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [audacity4blind] Re: Recording While Wearing Headphones
I am having the same problem. I am very new to the program. I can’t even
get it to record with the internal microphone. Even if I remove the
headphones I get the same non-existent result. The internal microphone
works when I used Goldwave. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Brian
On 16 Jan 2020, at 9:40 am, David Bailes <drbailes@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi Andrew, and anyone else who received a blank message,
Ella's message was:
Hey everyone, I really need some help. I have a win 10 laptop 64 bit with
a combined headphone/microphone port. Although I have no difficulty
recording without headphones plugged in, as soon as I plug in my headphones
I can't record anything. This is true if I use another app like Voice
Recorder. Basically my computer only records what's coming out of my
headphones like screen reader speech, but I can't record anything, such as
my voice. I've gone through all my sound settings and everything looks
good. Any help greatly appreciated!
David.
On Tue, 14 Jan 2020 at 07:43, Andrew Downie <access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:
Ella, by the time your email reached here it was blank.
Andrew
*From:* audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <
audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> *On Behalf Of *Ella Yu
*Sent:* Monday, 13 January 2020 2:57 AM
*To:* audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
*Subject:* [audacity4blind] Recording While Wearing Headphones
