Thanks David. For those who do not want to listen to me droning on, here is a
quick description of using the meters. And before getting into the details, I
find them a most valuable facility.
1. From the tracks list, which is where you land when launching Audacity,
press control-shift-f6 to get to the toolbar.
2. Tab nine times to get to the recording meter. If nothing is being
recorded it will be showing (something like) minus 60dB. If a recording is
happening, it will report the peak level (the loudest part of the recording so
far).
3. I like to check the level before commencing a recording. To do that,
press the Application key and arrow down once to Start Monitoring and press
Enter. As you increase the level, use your screen reader’s “Read current line”
command to check the new level (JAWS users may have to tab and shift tab to get
the new value).
4. When happy with the level, either just press r to start recording or,
so you do not get lost, press control-f6 to get back to the tracks panel first.
The play meter works similarly, but only when you are playing something of
course.
A couple of important points. As mentioned, what screen readers report is the
peak level, not what the level is right now. When checking the level before
recording, if the level is higher than you want, use the Application key to
stop monitoring, back off the level and then start monitoring again. Also,
what the meters show is the combined level for all tracks. That can be very
useful, as it will tell you if the overall level is too high.
Andrew
From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
On Behalf Of David Bailes
Sent: Thursday, 23 January 2020 10:10 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Recording While Wearing Headphones
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
<mailto: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.
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?
Not sure how to get to peak meter. Never used it.
3. 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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<mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of David Bailes
Sent: Wednesday, January 22, 2020 5:30 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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
<mailto: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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<mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of Andrew Downie
Sent: Saturday, January 18, 2020 7:10 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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
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<mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of Brian Williams
Sent: Saturday, 18 January 2020 10:04 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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
<mailto: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
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<audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of Brian Williams
Sent: Thursday, 16 January 2020 9:06 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto: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
<mailto: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
<mailto:access_tech@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > wrote:
Ella, by the time your email reached here it was blank.
Andrew
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<audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
<mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > On Behalf Of Ella Yu
Sent: Monday, 13 January 2020 2:57 AM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx <mailto:audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: [audacity4blind] Recording While Wearing Headphones
