Audacity Forum

I don't see where it lets me download the file.

Did I miss a step somewhere?

Koz

P to pause and then P to start recording again. Stop and R to add a new work after the current work. Stop and Shift+R to start new tracks under the current tracks. Punch and Roll. Select an arbitrary place in the existing track to start new work. I don't think P and then R is a valid combination. Koz

Does the UMC-404 come with driver software?

Koz

when I pause recording and try to start again

Do you just "un-pause?" Press "P" again?

Why have you stopped? Fluff? Reading error?

There's a number of ways to stop and start in the middle of a recording.

Koz

Do you have to use MP3 or do you have to meet the 5MB filesize? MP3 is part of a video format designed in 1990. There's better sound formats now.

Koz

(use mono if you don't need stereo).

What he said. Mono (one blue wave) is a good way to slash file sizes and it may get slashed so much you can push the overall quality and sampling rates back up.

Koz

Catalina is 10.15. Mojave is 10.14.

Koz

Last time I visited the Rogue Amoeba page, they had thousands of postings begging them to come out with a 64 bit version.

https://cdm.link/2019/10/blackhole-mac- ... -catalina/

I have no idea if that works or not. That was a Google search.

Koz

You could open both files in Audacity (one above the other), choose one and Effect > Invert. Then you can Tracks > Mix > Mix and Render to a New Track. That new track will be the difference between the first two. Then you can use any of the analysis tools on the new track. The problem with this appr...

The UCA-202 and cousins are still the cheapest you can get away with for good quality stereo in and out.

Koz