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Will pursue that. Or, if you have a method of going RCA to RCA, you can do the touch method like this: http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/earBudsRCA.jpg Both of these methods work by knowing Stereo Line-Level is the same as very quiet headphone level and you can use headphones or earbuds as a q...

Is there any testing method ? Yes. Grab the right edge of the Audacity sound meters and pull them to the right to make them bigger. They're more important than they seem by their natural size. http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/Audacity1_record.jpg Right-click on the red meters > Start Monitoring. The ...

What does it mean by Headphone. Does it mean headphone and mic? Depends. Some headphone connections are really head-SET connections and are used for communications headsets with microphone and ear muffs connected together. Many cellphones work this way as well as the iPad, iPod and other portable e...

Does it sound bubbly or fade out? http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_recording_troubleshooting.html#enhancements If your problem is very loud sound with crunchy distortion, it's possible you plugged the mixer into the Mic-In of your laptop. Many laptops do not have Stereo Line-In. Mic-In is mo...

You can post a label at any time by Tracks > Add Label. That will give you the shortcut key as well. Control-B?? It's different on my machine. To add a label, press Control-B during the performance and then Enter. And then again if you need another one later. The labels stop and allow you to type in...

Are you trying to sing or play music? Conferencing Systems don't like that very much. They see any sustained sound as air conditioning noise and tries to cancel it out. http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/faq_recording_troubleshooting.html#enhancements Some conferencing microphone module assemblies...

We know a few more items. The damage presents as a sharp triangle wave in the middle of an otherwise normal sound performance (2). If you look closely, there are samples within the triangle wave. I have no idea what that means other than damage that the digital system is trying to follow. Severe dig...

few laptops have an Analog-Digital Converter card built in. Actually, most have one built-in, but it's mono Mic-In and not powerful stereo Line-In. Configured for communications/Skype. http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/PCHeadset.jpg My Macs do quite well with stereo line-in, at least up until ...

You will also find that "natural sound" will not fit in a recorder (doesn't matter who made it). Recorders only have a limited volume range. If you set the recorder to record birdsong in the south meadow (a difficult job to do properly), those volume settings will record trash under a stea...

So you may have hit it exactly. One problem portable recorders can have is the inability to set the recording level during the performance -- or at least easily. The Zoom unit I have does present recording level controls, but only under screen menu layers, not convenient if you have to duck the leve...