cant get Audacity software to work.

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Can anone help here I have an Asus M2V-MX-SE motherboard and I have
set the sound up with its default audio drivers. All woking fine. I
have got
Audacity sound recording software. I cant record through the audo
input and there is no drop down box to select any type of input
Is threr a way to solve this. Another software maybee. Need to get a
recording set up today.

Desmond.
 
Des said:
Can anone help here I have an Asus M2V-MX-SE motherboard and I have
set the sound up with its default audio drivers. All woking fine. I
have got
Audacity sound recording software. I cant record through the audo
input and there is no drop down box to select any type of input
Is threr a way to solve this. Another software maybee. Need to get a
recording set up today.

Desmond.
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I just had a perfect example here. I started Audacity, and couldn't get
audio input to work. It was because I had another program running, which
grabbed access to the sound card. There are a surprising number of
programs that could interfere.

You should be able to go to the pulldown menu triangle, next to the
microphone symbol, and select "start monitoring". Also, in your
mixer control panel, make sure some microphone is selected.
My microphone was muted in the mixer control panel, so I had to unmute
it and set the recording level.

Also, if you aren't sure about the microphone itself, you can
use another audio source, and plug it into the microphone jack.
A Walkman or other audio device, that you know is working, can
be used as a substitute for the microphone. Most of the microphones
I have here, don't work very well. So I have to test them, when I
want to do something.

Paul
 
I just had a perfect example here. I started Audacity, and couldn't get
audio input to work. It was because I had another program running, which
grabbed access to the sound card. There are a surprising number of
programs that could interfere.

You should be able to go to the pulldown menu triangle, next to the
microphone symbol, and select "start monitoring". Also, in your
mixer control panel, make sure some microphone is selected.
My microphone was muted in the mixer control panel, so I had to unmute
it and set the recording level.

Also, if you aren't sure about the microphone itself, you can
use another audio source, and plug it into the microphone jack.
A Walkman or other audio device, that you know is working, can
be used as a substitute for the microphone. Most of the microphones
I have here, don't work very well. So I have to test them, when I
want to do something.

Paul
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No there is no other sound software. What happend in the past was that
I had a creative labs card and it worked (with an Asus a7v8x Socket
A). moving to a AM2 mother board with a built in sound card. I am
limmited to slots so decided to use the built in sound stuff.

Desmond.
 
Des said:
No there is no other sound software. What happend in the past was that
I had a creative labs card and it worked (with an Asus a7v8x Socket
A). moving to a AM2 mother board with a built in sound card. I am
limmited to slots so decided to use the built in sound stuff.

Desmond.
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On the AM2 board, you installed sound drivers for the onboard
sound, and the speakers work ? In Device Manager and any multimedia
control panels, do you see evidence that the drivers were
successfully installed ?

What is the motherboard make and model ?

Is the boot drive a transplant from the old machine, such that the old
drivers are still present ? I know when I've done stuff like that,
sometimes the mixer from the old sound card, still loads at boot
time. Some of them aren't smart enough to unload, when they
don't find a sound card.

If you're in a rush to get this working, maybe you can temporarily
install your known working sound card, until the recording task
is finished. Then go back to solving this puzzle later.

Paul
 
On the AM2 board, you installed sound drivers for the onboard
sound, and the speakers work ? In Device Manager and any multimedia
control panels, do you see evidence that the drivers were
successfully installed ?

What is the motherboard make and model ?

Is the boot drive a transplant from the old machine, such that the old
drivers are still present ? I know when I've done stuff like that,
sometimes the mixer from the old sound card, still loads at boot
time. Some of them aren't smart enough to unload, when they
don't find a sound card.

If you're in a rush to get this working, maybe you can temporarily
install your known working sound card, until the recording task
is finished. Then go back to solving this puzzle later.

Paul
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I can listen to music on my PC audio CDs Maddonna, Music on the web.
This is set up correctly.
Motherboard is an M2V-MX-SE
 
Des said:
I can listen to music on my PC audio CDs Maddonna, Music on the web.
This is set up correctly.
Motherboard is an M2V-MX-SE
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There is one report here, of the microphone jack not working. But the
thread conversation did not last long enough, to determine what the OP
tried to do to fix it.

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx...d_id=1&model=M2V-MX+SE&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

Also of interest, one poster had a problem using an add-in sound card
as well.

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx...d_id=1&model=M2V-MX+SE&page=1&SLanguage=en-us

In terms of your hardware, you have two places to connect a microphone.
There is a microphone jack on the back of the computer. There is
also a connection for microphone, on the AAFP audio header. I would
start by disconnecting the front audio, and testing the microphone
panel on the back of the computer. If jack detection is working,
when a plug is connected to the back of the computer, an audio wizard
may appear in response. If not, have a look through the Reaktek control
panels, and see if there is a reason why.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/fastFaqLiteDocument?lc=pt&cc=br&dlc=en&docname=c00377375

Since sound playback is working, that means you already have the Microsoft
HDAUDIO driver installed (something like KB888111). So this may just be
an issue with getting the Realtek panel set up to your liking.

Sometimes, a bad set of connections to the AAFP header, can
result in jack detection being broken. This is why, as a first
step, I recommend removing the front panel wiring. Since most
computer cases have AC'97 wiring, you should really only have
a total of five wires connected from the computer case, to the
header. Two for microphone, two for headphone, and a common
ground signal for them, for a total of five signals. No other
pins should have connections. Since the computer case
typically has seven wires, you'll have a leftover "ret_r" and
"ret_l" and those can be left dangling and disconnected.

Paul
 
There is one report here, of the microphone jack not working. But the
thread conversation did not last long enough, to determine what the OP
tried to do to fix it.

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20080214093426781&board_id=1&m....

Also of interest, one poster had a problem using an add-in sound card
as well.

http://vip.asus.com/forum/view.aspx?id=20071222144710187&board_id=1&m....

In terms of your hardware, you have two places to connect a microphone.
There is a microphone jack on the back of the computer. There is
also a connection for microphone, on the AAFP audio header. I would
start by disconnecting the front audio, and testing the microphone
panel on the back of the computer. If jack detection is working,
when a plug is connected to the back of the computer, an audio wizard
may appear in response. If not, have a look through the Reaktek control
panels, and see if there is a reason why.

http://h10025.www1.hp.com/ewfrf/wc/fastFaqLiteDocument?lc=pt&cc=br&dl....

Since sound playback is working, that means you already have the Microsoft
HDAUDIO driver installed (something like KB888111). So this may just be
an issue with getting the Realtek panel set up to your liking.

Sometimes, a bad set of connections to the AAFP header, can
result in jack detection being broken. This is why, as a first
step, I recommend removing the front panel wiring. Since most
computer cases have AC'97 wiring, you should really only have
a total of five wires connected from the computer case, to the
header. Two for microphone, two for headphone, and a common
ground signal for them, for a total of five signals. No other
pins should have connections. Since the computer case
typically has seven wires, you'll have a leftover "ret_r" and
"ret_l" and those can be left dangling and disconnected.

    Paul
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various possiblities:
open volume control, make sure mic input is enabled - you need the vol
ctrl in the all showing mode, and i forget how to do it
check preferences, options, and try all the listed inputs, as
sometimes things dont work the way theyre labelled!
try the mic in both input sockets
check the db level tickbox on the volume ctrl

hopefully one of those will get it


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