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audacity package

sound recording source switch

Asked by brunotek

I am using Audacity for recording sounds both from the line of my laptop, when listening on line,

and by a direct connection via cable from an external source (mixer) connected to the Mic port of my computer (for recording a mixed session)

but the commands are not appearing on the audacity window, and I cannot select the sourse (MIC, MIC2 or Line)

and so it sometimes records from both the port and the external mic of the laptop at the same time, so recording my voice on top

of the track recorded from the mixer or the internet.

a mess.

can anybody help me?
is it a question of sound card?

I need to control the recording volume, and to switch off the internal amplification of the mic level, because it's too loud and

it usually goes in distortion .

thanks for the attention,

brunotek.

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brunotek (brunotek) said : 		#1

I dont get it

what u mean?

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Eliah Kagan (degeneracypressure) said : 		#2

That email was just to notify you that I had reclassified the question from being about the nautilus package (the file browser, which does not seem to be related to this problem) to the audacity package (the application in which you are experiencing this problem). You can safely ignore it. Hopefully someone who is able to help you with this will be able to reply soon.

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brunotek (brunotek) said : 		#3

Thanks for explaining, still learning ,

I like how it works,

cheers,

brunotek.

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> seem to be related to this problem) to the audacity package (the
> application in which you are experiencing this problem). You can safely
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Best David Henningsson (diwic) said : 		#4

Assuming you record through PulseAudio, which is the default in Ubuntu 11.04 if you haven't changed any settings:

Please try installing the "pavucontrol" application. While recording, start pavucontrol. Audacity should show up in the "recording" tab. On this tab you can (hopefully) select the right input as well as setting the input volume to your desired value.

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brunotek (brunotek) said : 		#5

Hi!...Yes PulseAudio is on my 10.10 as well, default settings,

I installed the pavucontrol, and it works, very useful, I have now all what I need, thanks.

I just still dont get the thing of the Internal audio and the monitor internal audio....

is it one the actual mic of my laptop for the recording of sounds around it,

and the other monitor internal the actual mic channel, (the red jack plug), so the one i am using for recording from the mixer?

shoudn't it be the first one get disactivated just by pliggin in the jack in to the mic plug?

And on the Audacity screen, I miss now the dropdown menu on the side of the mic volume setting, the one for selecting the source for the recording between Line/mic1/mic2

...I had it before but it disappeared

weird, innit?

thanks anyway...

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brunotek (brunotek) said : 		#6

Thanks David Henningsson, that solved my question.

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David Henningsson (diwic) said : 		#7

"Internal Audio" means record from whatever you select as your "connector" at the "input" tab in gnome-volume-control. (Or "port" on the "input devices" tab in pavucontrol).
"Monitor of Internal Audio" means record what's currently playing back, useful if you want to record e g internet radio etc.

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brunotek (brunotek) said : 		#8

Got it,

working and performing already.

immensely grate.