The "Sound" section in the main menu shows both playback and recording to be active. Audacity plays music files as it should.
When I press the "Record" button in Audacity whatever you call the vertical "moving line" opens and moves from left to right but the sound wave is a flat line.
Am I understanding that Audacity is failing to find the record portion of the sound card even though it uses the play portion properly?
I am necro-ing this problem that I have never gotten anywhere with - I can't record from my computer and/or the internet using Audacity (which I have done under Windows for many years).
You guys gave me numerous suggestions when we went through this before but none of them worked. Can we please try it again?
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* Here is what my system reports in terms of audio hardware:
Device-1: AMD Ellesmere HDMI Audio
[Radeon RX 470/480 / 570/580/590]
vendor: Sapphire Limited driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 09:00.1
chip ID: 1002:aaf0
Device-2: AMD Starship/Matisse HD Audio
vendor: ASUSTeK driver: snd_hda_intel v: kernel bus ID: 0b:00.4
chip ID: 1022:1487
Sound Server: ALSA v: k5.4.0-113-generic
* Here is what my system reports for the motherboard, etc:
System: Kernel: 5.4.0-113-generic x86_64 bits: 64 compiler: gcc v: 9.4.0
Desktop: Cinnamon 5.0.7 wm: muffin dm: LightDM Distro: Linux Mint 20.2 Uma
base: Ubuntu 20.04 focal
Machine: Type: Desktop Mobo: ASUSTeK model: ROG STRIX B450-F GAMING v: Rev 1.xx serial: <filter>
UEFI: American Megatrends v: 3003 date: 12/09/2019
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Audacity has no problem with playback and opening existing files for editing, but will not record properly.
When I attempt to record from my computer, I get nothing. The sweeping bar goes from left to right but shows only a flat silent line.
When I attempt to record from my stereo, for example a record on the turntable, via RCA jacks from "Tape Out" out to a 3.5mm plug in to the "Line In" jack on the computer, I get a small squiggly line in Audacity but only static noise when I play it back. I think that I have tried all the permutations but I may have missed something. BTW, Audacity does not give me any option but ALSA.
This same hardware configuration has always worked properly under Windows with no drama or hang-ups.
Do you guys have any additional suggestions? Thank you again in advance.