Audacity Forum

If your computer has a LINE IN jack, you could connect the keyboard's headphone output to it if you get a cable with the correct plugs, probably 1/4 inch stereo plug to 1/8 inch stereo plug.

The USB connector on that keyboard is for exchanging MIDI data with a computer or other MIDI devices. It is not an audio output for recording sounds.

In Audacity, do you have the recording channels window set to "2 (Stereo) Recording Channels"?

The TRS input (input 2) on the Solo is a mono balanced input, not a stereo input. To record your keyboard in stereo with the Solo, you'd have to rig up adapters to connect one keyboard channel to the TRS input 2 and the other channel to the XLR input 1.

Glad I could help. I had the same problem

If your device panel is set to "2 (Stereo) Recording Channels", Audacity will not record on a mono track. It will default to the end of the first stereo track.

Thank you Steve - yes, ASIO versus Windows DirectSound. I didn't realize that could make a difference.

Thanks for the replies. I understand the concepts of leaving headroom and recording conservatively. My question is why would two different programs display different levels for the same input signal?

Hello. I am using Audacity 2.3.2 with Windows 10 and a Focusrite 2i2 USB interface. When the interface is at its clipping point, Audacity shows an input level of -6dBfs. With other software (Sony Sound Forge) an input level of 0dBfs is shown. Any idea why this discrepancy is occurring? Thanks.