(That is, there is no 'headless' mode for PyAudacity. Audacity must be open while your PyAudacity-using Python scripts run. Once I finally got the permissions “On”, further experiments with the devices toolbar showed that almost any settings would work. Installation To install with pip, run: pip install pyaudacity PyAudacity is a pure Python module and has no dependencies, although you must install Audacity. Once I realized these 2 settings are independent, a little experimentation revealed that either one set to “off” would kill Audacity. Then, in the next section, “Allow apps to access your microphone” the master switch must be “On” ( blue ). If it says “off”, then use the gray “Change” button on the next line to bring up a switch to turn it on. Under “Allow access to the microphone on this device”, it must also say “Microphone access for this device is on”. I looked at the Privacy permissions, and did not find Audacity listed among the permitted apps.įinally, I discovered that there are 2 permissions that must be set correctly, both on the Windows-Settings-Microphone control panel.

I tried all combos of the settings in the devices toolbar, and on Windows’ Sound settings. I “updated” my Realtek driver from Lenovo’s website.

I updated to Audacity 2.3.0, and the problem continued. Couldn’t get it to record from my Line In.

Like RDavidson, I’m on a Win 10 desktop, and tried to record using Audacity 2.0.3. But, finally, I found an answer to my problem. This problem has been driving me nuts all day today.

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