Audacity Forum

Koz wrote: "Actually, I wasn't expecting that particular result, but it does tell me the connection between the two mixers may be miswired. Tell me exactly what you did to connect the two. Which cable is connected to what. Read the labels from all the connectors. I think I have all the connection di...

Koz wrote: "The Alesis mixer is connected to your Windows PC, right, through the USB connection? If you go into Audacity Preferences, are you set to record stereo?" Yes...the Alesis is connected to my Windows PC via USB cable In Audacity preferences (Audio In/Out ; Recording), the setting is at "Mic...

Koz, I burned the test to a CD then recorded the cd into my Audacity program. Results: No seperation of left, right or center audio The "left" test sounded centered The right test lost pratically all volume but sounded centered as well The center test sounded centered The "out of phase" test produce...

"How does it sound if you plug your headphones into the Alesis and listen to a CD/LP via the behringer? If that sounds OK, then try making another recording (check that you are recording at a minimum of 16 bit 44100Hz). Does that sound better?" Headphones sound perfect when plugged directly into Beh...

Koz & Steve, Thanks for the quick reply. The answer to all questions is YES. The music from bothe the turn table and CD units sound perfect thru the headphones as well as thru loudspeakers. The loss in quality comes when i attempt to record into Audacity from these two sources. The common denominato...

I am creating podcasts containing music audio. I have 2 sources of audio that I feed into Audacity: MP.3 files that are stored on my computer hard drive and the audio that I feed from my mixer. I have a new Alesis Multimix 8 USB mixer serving as the hub for 4 mics, a dual CD player as well as a turn...