On Thu, Jun 18, 2020 at 01:46:20AM -0600, Joe Zeff wrote:
On 06/18/2020 01:37 AM, Ed Greshko wrote:
>I found that would happen if one has the input level set too high in pavcontrol.
What is shown in audacity doesn't
>appear to reflect the settings in audacity.
>
>I have pavcontrol set to 40%~45% and it sounds fine. Well, except for the fact that
the laptop is old and the mic
>is "substandard" and not well isolated as it picks up fan vibrations.
I now have the mic set to the proper setting in pavuontrol, but when
I test it in audacity, I see no evidence that it's being picked up
and trying to play back what I "recorded" gives nothing but silence.
I can't offer specific advice, but I've noted, from painful experience,
that getting all the knobs and buttons in the various sound tools set
just right so you can get input to Audacity is easier said than done.
for example, when tryhing to get Skype for linux working 2 or 3 years
(i.e., it wouldn 't recognize my USB headset) ago I spent a lot of time
finding the right settings for pavucontrol as well as the Mate sound
tool (don' t use Gnome) as well as alsamixer.
I found some articles at the audacity site that told how to configure it
for specific kinds of recording that helped me immensely.
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