Audacity Forum

If I split the stereo track and play just one channel, I still get only static. I talked to a sound guy I know, and he agreed that it is probably the unbalanced/balanced cable issue. Thanks for all your help!

Thanks for your reply bgravato! I did indeed have line-in selected as the recording device in Audacity. I'm not sure what kind the XLR output was, but I recorded in stereo to be safe. I'm not sure if it was balanced or unbalanced. The sound guy was the one who plugged it into the board, so I'm assum...

Hi, Yesterday I played a show with my band at a college, and the show's sound was taken care of by professional sound techs--all the mic-ing, mixing, everything. I figured I would record the show straight from the sound board, so the guy at the board let my plug into the XLR out port--which he said ...