On 06/18/2020 01:07 AM, Samuel Sieb wrote:
The interface is a little confusing and the toolbars can be moved
around, so I'll assume the default layout that I have is the same as yours.
Mine is different, but not so much that I can't work with your instructions.
To the right of the play control buttons, there are two rows. On the
second row, there are microphone and speaker icons. To the left of the
microphone is where you can pick which input to use. Below the play
control icons is a microphone and to the right of that is a meter which
says "Click to Start Monitoring". If you click that, you should see the
level of the microphone input. If you don't see any activity try other
input options.
Mine is not only set to ALSA, it can't be changed. And, I can only set
it to either Mono or Stereo, and neither works. And yet, if I go into
the Settings in Zoom and check Audio, I can see that it's picking up
sound from my internal microphone, just fine.
I've tried following the tutorial in the Audacity Manual and gotten
nowhere. I think it's written for somebody who's familiar with
recording programs, just not this one. What it isn't written for is a
complete beginner who doesn't know all of the terminology and needs baby
steps to get started. Although I still can't get it working, your
instructions make more sense to me than the manual.