Audacity Forum

Using 10.6.8 OS on my Mac, I'll no doubt download new via zip, since I saw a warning against .dmg download. I'm wondering if I need to purge my Mac of older versions of Audacity. I currently have 2.0.3 installed. Is 2.0.6 a stand alone? Or does it augment and build-on 2.0.3? Or do I leave older vers...

Thanks again Gale. I have no phono/line switch on record player, so I'm going to assume that it defaults to whichever plug configuration is used. I will get the adaptor and give it a spin, and report back here what the end result is for anyone who might be following this thread, or finds it useful i...

There is no output vol. control anywhere on record player. My record player DOES have stereo cables (red and white). The adaptor I would use, would it allow those two plugs to plug into a USB cable (USB for back of our desktop Mac)? Or some other configuration? I am pushing close to 0db on records. ...

Gale, I forgot one last bit of information. With the "In-Put" set to USB Audio CODEC, I have lost control of my recording volume, so the bars are pushing or exceeding -6 on both channels, and may be in danger of "clipping". Any work-around to regain control of that function? Not ...

Dear Gale, Thanks once again for weigning in on this, and for your most expert advice. This morning after I downloaded a song file, while in the download manager I could see the zip file (completed) there as to Line-In. I double clicked it to see if that would open the zip, since I could find no tra...

Gale, Thank you for your quick response. I have all my settings as you suggest and still no sound. I just downloaded "Line-In" and thank you for that suggestion. Once my downloads manager finished scrolling to indicate it was downloading, and finished, I did not see any folder or icon on m...

Using 10.6.8 Mac OS, Audacity 2.x from dmg. Using external computer speakers linked via the headset plug in back of computer. Ext. speakers work fine for iTunes. Am using a USB Turntable. Audacity preferences - "Divices" - Host: Core Audio, Playback Device - Built-in Output, Recording - Bu...