trying to get started

Hi Im very new to linux and also ardour, ive been trying to set up my computer to record guitar and vocals throught a microphone plugged into a mixer. I have the music coming through the speakers on my computer but when i try and record it doesnt recognise any audio, it doesnt recognise audio in ardour fullstop…
any help or pointing in the right direction would be greatly enjoyed!!
Thanks!!

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yug82…
I’d start with making sure “jack’s” audio setup is set to ‘duplex’ and the correct number of ‘inputs’ are specified. Then, you’ll probably need to create an ‘input’ on a new track in Ardour and have that input point to the ‘line-in’ on your soundcard (may be represented as “capture-1/capture-2”).