Android system can't create AudioRecord

[lloydhussell 0]

For some reason, I cannot create an AudioRecord instance for recording voice on this board. I keep getting the error:

2023-10-20 20:39:00.146   282-393   AudioFlinger            audioserver                          E  createRecord() getInputForAttr return error -38
2023-10-20 20:39:00.147  4658-4736  IAudioFlinger           com.hussell.dukebox                  E  createRecord returned error -38
2023-10-20 20:39:00.147  4658-4736  AudioRecord             com.hussell.dukebox                  E  createRecord_l(135923737): AudioFlinger could not create record track, status: -38
2023-10-20 20:39:00.147  4658-4736  AudioRecord-JNI         com.hussell.dukebox                  E  Error creating AudioRecord instance: initialization check failed with status -38.
2023-10-20 20:39:00.148  4658-4736  android.me...udioRecord com.hussell.dukebox                  E  Error code -20 when initializing native AudioRecord object.

I have tried a bunch of stuff, and lookign through the source code of these files, but it seems something is happening in the native code.