Audacity Forum

"We had to postpone the a cappella rehearsal. The drummer didn't show up." Which cellphone do you have? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k7dzFbnzl30 Jeff Turner recently published a song he shot on his iPhone (not that song). He did it with Voice Memo. I recommend Music Memo (free download...

even though you made fun of my mike choice

Actually, we haven't done that yet. We're just reading the info. If it seems like farce/fiction, it's only because... it is.
Koz

Two different things. Condenser microphones have electronics inside and some method has to be provided to run them. I have field microphones that take batteries. Studio microphones generally require Phantom Power, so called because power goes up to the microphone and sound comes back down on the sam...

And nobody's addressed the vinyl yet. Do you have a CBS Test Record? I still have mine here somewhere.

Koz

one on one tutorial to learn Audacity

Do you have a goal? Create a podcast? Read for AudioBooks?

Koz

like the obvious AC hum in your spectragrams

See? I'm not making that up.

In a sense, you have succeeded in one of your original goals. To insure your system meets generally accepted performance standards.

It doesn't.

Koz

to chat with my girlfriend and record, we live in different city

That's why I asked you about recording Skype or Chat. Audacity doesn't work for that.

There are Windows applications designed to record Skype. Which chat application do you use?

Koz

Do you have the three hum tones if you run the Mac on batteries for a bit?

Koz

There are no grounding issues. Shielding? That 60/120/180 is coming from somewhere. It would be really good to sort that before you tried to pump music through it. Music systems don't have problems like that. Phono Preamps have RIAA compensation. Bass notes don't fit on a record, so they're reduced...

Rycote makes some good universal shock mounts that don't happen to be spiders. Screen Shot 2017-07-13 at 6.42.05 PM.png They work just fine, but they don't photograph as well. They do have the advantage that they don't have rubber bands or shock bands to break, not that breakage happens all that oft...