Audacity Forum

Hi all,

Is there a way to add a signal to the musician so he knows exactly when to start playing at the beginning of the song. You know, like a "1-2-1-2-3-4 go !!" kind of thing?

Thanks for you help.

In my setup it IS necessary to have the Guitar Port connected BEFORE opening Audacity in order to have the option on the Preferences window.

Honestly I'm no expert, I can only tell you what I've experienced as a user. When I installed everything, as soon as I plugged the GuitarPort into my computer I got the "Found new hardware" message and I just followed the instructions. I do have to say that in general I didn't like the experience of...

Hi, Honestly I'm not sure what to tell you. I think you need to make sure that all the software is installed correctly on your PC, did you get the "Found new hardware" popup the first time you plugged it? Try the following: 1. Open Audacity without plugging anything, go to preferences and see how ma...

Thank you for the reply. I figured it out.

I went to Edit -> Preferences and in the Audio I/O tab in the Recording section I chose Guitar Port which is only available when the thing is plugged into the PC.

Hello all, I'm very new at recording with the computer. I just installed Audacity, bought a Line 6 Guitar Port XT which basically is an interface to connect my guitar to my computer with a USB cable. I created an MP3 backup track but when I try to record myself nothing gets recorded. Basically I see...