Audacity Forum

Do you have QuickTime Pro?

QuickTime Pro will allow you to record audio and/or video from the standard input devices. I'd be interested in what those files sound like. I think you can do this in Garage Band, too, but I know it's not straightforward there and I've never done it.

Koz

Just for grins, download the pinao trill from here and see if that plays...

http://www.kozco.com/tech/soundtests.html

It's a six second piece.

Koz

More techie, but very possibly no better informed. Audacity has always had the reputation and specifications of being able to handle up to 16 tracks of audio. However, there's a startling lack of people that have actually done it. It's borderline Urban Myth. "My cousin knows somebody in their s...

<<<Further, a basic level of experience in using a soldering iron and the vacum is needed to perform the hardware modifications explained.>>> So this is a snap for anyone with the skills to build and program their own computer which is why the process appears in a Linux forum. Since you're changing ...

Trouble shooting. Launch Audacity fresh and click once inside the red record meters. They will wake up and start operating without putting Audacity into full record mode. If you select your turntable but don't play a record, the meters should bounce in the -50 range. Even that isn't all that good, b...

What steps have you taken to make it so you don't need the notch filter in the first place? Most HiFi systems hum when a phonograph is connected because phono amplifiers have significant boost at 100 (and 120). They're a natural for causing problems. That's why all successful phono amplifiers have a...

<<<instead of the phono one>>> Oh, I missed that one. The Phono input of an amplifier is designed to connect to an older analog phonograph. The output of an analog phonograph is intentionally distorted with very low bass, accentuated highs, and a biased response curve. That's normal. The phono input...

Cick on the mystery file and Open With > QuickTime Player Once in QuickTime, Press Apple-I and see what the INFO panel says. I bet the files aren't "straight" WAV files.

Koz

<<<Or is Audacity's import wrong in saying that the file is MP3?>>> Audacity does that all the time. Check out all the postings of people that have a hard time playing sound files at the correct speed. Audacity imports an unknown sound file and applies a SWAG filter (Scientific Wild-Ass Guess). Auda...

<<<Is it possible to make Audacity record 4 simultaneous tracks from two standard sound cards?>>> Audacity will record up to 16 tracks of audio from any one sound device. The joke is that you can't connect 8 turntables and get 16 tracks. If you can find driver software that makes your two sound card...