Audacity Forum

would there be an advantage to getting the scarlett solo? Just to be able to tell people you have one. I have a UM2 because my whole pile of microphones is analog. My whole world is getting good quality legacy microphones into the computer. I have no USB microphones. I think I said up the thread I ...

That's the 2100 USB connection doing all these tricks. It doesn't work with the XLR cable.

Koz

The 2100 has a headphone connection and volume control in its bottom. The instructions suggest you should be able to do overdubbing and monitoring with that connection. So the headphones should be connected to the 2100, not the soundcard. Change the Audacity preferences so they're playing to the 210...

audio-technica atr2100-usb Thank you. It makes us crazy when someone posts a technical question and then leaves out all the detailed information we need to solve it. I need to read through that carefully and see what's there. As we go. In fuzzy general, I think you should get your existing micropho...

Audacity mic input level all the way up. Ding. You're not supposed to have a working microphone level control in Audacity with a USB adapter. It's supposed to be grayed out. You really really really should do that scratch test. The MBA microphones are those two holes left of the CAPS LOCK key. Star...

Go into the Windows control panels and see if there is a "mono" setting there by accident.

Right-click the speaker icon > Recording Devices.

Koz

my current audio-technica mic This is where you tell us what it is—down to model numbers. keep my output setting the same in audacity for playback through my speakers? Umm....... No.......... If you're listening to a backing track to get your rhythm or match harmony, Audacity has to know to play th...

Try choosing "2 canal" next to "USB PnP Audio Device".

That's my guess. Some USB devices will attach either way, but many will not. It's a stereo device, so you should connect it stereo the whole way.

Koz

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Does the Icicle have a light on it? Make sure it's on and then do that System Preferences thing from the above post.

Koz

You could do the scratch test. Scratch the Shure microphone and then scratch the MBA's tiny microphones on the left side. My money's on you're recording from the wrong microphone. http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/clips/ScratchTest2.mp3 Yes, classic Shure microphones have a sound level in the -56dB ran...