Audacity Forum

Which version of Audacity are you using? The very old versions used to default to mono.

Audacity > Preferences > Devices > Recording > Channels: [X] Two (Stereo).

Does your iMac have these connections?

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/MacLineIn.jpg

Koz

Does it work with Skype? I need to step through all that and see if I can "see" it in my head. Post back if you get the new mixer and it works. Give details how you managed the aux sends -- or if they worked at all. We never got the whole thing to work enough to give people step by steps h...

I can't get the instructions to tell me which type of cartridge it is. Koz

That should sound awful. Does it sound bad at the headphone connection in the front of the interface? You have the Phono button pressed and the USB is the only cable between the Mac and the interface? I see you can switch between Moving Magnet and Moving Coil. Those two have different levels. Did yo...

Have you tried connecting the Samson to another computer with Audacity and just let it run for an hour? Do you need a performance to have it occur?

Koz

Can you make it worse? This is the posting where you should have found the computer type forum and post there because we're just going to start asking you which kind of computer you have, OS, version numbers, etc. etc. Pretend I'm trying to build your computer and need to order the parts on Amazon. ...

Some MacBook Pros don't have Stereo Line-In. Apple (upper left) > System Preferences > Hardware > Sound > Input. If "Built-In Input" isn't there, or you have no provision to switch to it, then you are a candidate for a Behringer UCA-202. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/peaveyUCA202L...

That happens when you record Stereo-Mix instead of your voice. Stereo-Mix is "everything on the computer." Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Devices > Recording. Pick your soundcard or microphone, not Stereo-Mix or What-U-Hear. Audacity > Edit > Preferences > Recording: [X] Overdubbing, [_] ...

What if you play the work through Windows Media? Any difference?
Some players have special effects you can apply during playback like "Concert Hall" or "Disco." One of the IT people left "Carnegie Hall" running on a machine I was testing and it made me crazy.
Koz

I don't think there's any way to rescue your sound. It has too many things wrong with it.

Koz