# Live recording into tidal - getting audio input working

**URL:** <https://uzu.lurk.org/t/live-recording-into-tidal-getting-audio-input-working/2695>\
**Category:** TidalCycles\
**Tags:** questions\
**Created:** [2 January 2021 20:33 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/live-recording-into-tidal-getting-audio-input-working/2695 "2021-01-02T20:33:04Z")\
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**Author:** ![mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/user_avatar/uzu.lurk.org/mrreason/32/3203_2.png) [@mrreason](https://uzu.lurk.org/u/mrreason)\
**Post date:** [3 January 2021 22:25 UTC](https://uzu.lurk.org/t/live-recording-into-tidal-getting-audio-input-working/2695/5 "2021-01-03T22:25:28Z")

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What @mncmncmnc says is absolutely correct. There is even a thread about audio interfaces here in the forum [https://club.tidalcycles.org/t/gear-talk-usb-audio-interface/1477](https://club.tidalcycles.org/t/gear-talk-usb-audio-interface/1477)

But whether you use an USB microphone, a webcam, an onboard microphone or an audio interface, the audio device must be available in SuperCollider. I also believe (hope) that the default device is used without further configuration. You can check this as follows:

1. Open SuperCollider
2. Start the server
3. Open under `Server -> Show Server Meter` a window with the inputs and outputs

Now you can speak into your microphone and should be able to see an audio level (in green) like this:

![Bildschirmfoto 2021-01-03 um 23.16.29](https://club.tidalcycles.org/uploads/default/original/2X/6/61a8225dcbe742526e26ab708391adc7e0ff7d3f.png)

In the above example I have an input signal on port `1` and need to specify the input number in TidalCycles like

```haskell
d1 $ s "looper" # linput "1"

```

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