recording with Audacity (sound card issue)

[Bart Garst]

> 
> Anyone out there had to fight with their soundcard to get 
> Audacity working 
> properly?
> 
> I am trying to get Audacity to record audio through my microphone 
> jack, but am 
> getting hung up. I know that the jack is live and a signal is 
> coming through, 
> as I can hear whatever my microphone is capturing through my speakers. 
> However, Audacity is not recognizing the input.
>

Do you have a mixer installed?

I have to fiddle with my mixer before I can record from the line-in jack.

Oddly enough, the microphone jack just worked out-of-the-box.

Bart