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my iPad as recording source My spidey sense is telling me we need to go back one step. You can't be wanting to use the microphone in the iPad because you could just use the one in the iMac. So why do you want this connection? Lightning is terrific and neat, but it comes with traffic-copping that wi...

I've never seen one behave like that. Which that? I just used a simple "headset" USB sound adapter that just flat doesn't cross. The choices are mono or nothing. The Behringer UM2 mono microphone adapter will connect as either mono (its natural state) or stereo, but in stereo connection, ...

I got home and tried the Behringer UCA202 stereo USB adapter I like and it will actually cross. If I set Audacity for stereo (Device Toolbar)... http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/device_toolbar.html ... I get independent sound left and right. If I set Audacity for mono, it will produce a "Mo...

Can you post a link to "Terry West?"

Koz

The problem files could be zero bytes for some reason

Zero bytes gives you terrible sound quality.
Koz

you can hover your mouse over the file to see the extension.

This is me writing that down.
Koz

Right at the top you should start thinking about what would happen if we can't. It's popular to think Audacity can rescue any performance, but if the show is far enough into the mud, a reshoot may be the only option. The goal is important, too. Do you want to produce a theatrical podcast, or just lo...

It's not a mixer. You can't assign channels. Some adapters will not cross. You can't capture mono on a stereo adapter. Try it. I intentionally bought a mono microphone adapter to get around this.

Koz

Some virus protection systems can be hostile to Audacity shows. There's no mention of Virus Protection in the post.

Koz

This may not be the answer for all cases, but make sure the files actually have WAV or MP3 extension: Does MediaInfo tell you the correct filename? Windows is openly hostile toward revealing filename extensions. There used to be a way to "trick" Windows into telling you the correct filena...