Audacity Forum

Thanks for the ideas. Yes, I'm sorry to say this is one of those $39 cheapie Chinese-made devices. It is the cheapest device I have ever laid eyes on. So I tried the Preferences>sound monitor and it does recognize the device, but then it goes away and comes back and goes away again. So apparently it...

I'm using a 2020 iMac 3.3 GHz 6-Core Intel Core i5 with 32 GB 2667 MHz DDR4. I just got Audacity 2.4.2 installed and when I play the cassette tape the audio is not recognized by the software. It is only giving me three input options: Display Audio, iMac microphone and MOTU 896mk3 (DAW). So when I st...