[audacity4blind] Getting Audacity to Record Via My External Mic

  • From: David Van Der Molen <dvm975@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Fri, 29 Dec 2017 22:10:43 -0500

Hi all.


I have a Rode external mic that was made in Australia.  It doesn't have an on/off switch.  I used it with a BookPort DT with no problem at all.  Now I'm trying to use it to record in Audacity.


I am using an Asus Zenbook, and I'm running the latest version of Audacity, along with Jaws 2018 and Windows 10.


My Zenbook has only one 3.5 mm jack, so I bought an adapter that I connect to the jack, and then I plug in my external mic and an earphone or speaker into the two recepticles on the adapter.


When I record, I can tell Audacity is ignoring the external mic and is instead using my laptop's internal mic.  I've experimented with several settings in the "devices" menu, but I'm having no luck.  The Rode mic doesn't show up anywhere for me to select it, but I've tried other mics that are listed, and I've had no success.  The speaker and earphone work fine.


Does anyone have a solution?


Dave


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