Audacity Forum

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Couldn't resist.

How are you listening to them outside of Audacity?

Does this tick?

http://www.kozco.com/tech/LRMonoPhaset4.wav
It's very short. That was produced in Audacity.

Post two seconds or so of the damage here.

Koz

No. Your mixer does not have XLR type, three pin connectors like this microphone needs. More importantly this microphone needs to be powered from the mixer through "Phantom Power." This is my Peavey PV6 mixer about the same size as yours. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/detail/PV6?utm_sour...

The 3.5mm Mic-In on the back of your computer is mono (one channel), looking for very low level sound signals, and is easily damaged. You should be using the Blue Stereo Line-In. Koz

Almost. I have two standard Logitech microphones. One USB and one analog. Is the plug flat or round?

Koz

I don't know if it carried through to Vista, but you could right-click on the speaker icon in the lower right > Open Volume Control > Properties > Recording and it would let you select the list of things that were active. I think some variation on that still works. Did the recordings through the lap...

several hundred Audacity files are created and saved in 'Music'.

What exactly are they called and what does INFO think? Control-Click > Get Info. How big are they?

What is your system directory pointed to?

Audacity > Preferences > Directories.

Koz

Macs do not have a natural way to record internal audio, however it's not that hard with the SoundFlower software.

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/User: ... ming_audio

Koz

We don't recognize it either because you didn't tell us what it was. What is it?
Koz

It has been a few days now, and I am still not anywhere near a resolution. Moderator Note: actually on 47 hours as I write - that's less than two full earth-revoutions ... Most people are stunned how fast the response is on this forum compared with the weeks you wait on others. Usually, the worst y...

So the volume control beeps do work? Apple (upper left) > System Preferences > Hardware > Sound > Output and make sure Internal Speakers (or whatever your normal sound is) is selected and the volume slider is turned up. Some applications like iTunes have their own volume sliders and you need to make...