On 2020-06-18 15:46, 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. So, you see no green bars to the right of the mic icon? Note, that if you make changes to the "recording device" you will need to "start monitoring" again as changes cause the monitor to turn off. -- The key to getting good answers is to ask good questions. _______________________________________________ users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Fedora Code of Conduct: https://docs.fedoraproject.org/en-US/project/code-of-conduct/ List Guidelines: https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/Mailing_list_guidelines List Archives: https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx