Audacity Forum

It's a iMac G3, the inputs are 16 bit only, I seem to remember. Yes, it very much seems that way Cyrano. Is it JUST the inputs or the entire iMac G3 machine do you know? What I mean is, if I get a 24-bit USB/FW interface and bypasss the side panel 1/8" input will I get 24 bit recordings this way? H...

You must also hit "record" in Audacity...

It's a iMac G3, the inputs are 16 bit only, I seem to remember.

It would probably help if you could find out the type of iMac and the type of Portastudio you have.

Guess #1: You're recording from the Porta's headphone out?

Guess#2: The Porta has a pro level line-out. The Mac has a consumer level line-in?
Pro= 0 dB, 1V
Consumer = -10 dB, 100 mV.

Given that tapes tend to be "hot", eg driven to +6 dB, you might get into trouble there.

Tascam, or TEAC, is a Japanese company...

As for software, their main suppliers are in France or Switzerland.

Yes, Gale, but that's an external box. Not really what you were telling the OP...

That Octava box is an output switch, not input. There are HDMI inputs that convert to USB or TB, fi. from Black Magic and Aja, but these aren't built-in either.

Some computers do have HDMI inputs. "Had" would be more exact. I only know of the DELL/Alienware M17 and M18 and those are history. A short search found some posts on a second one, but nobody seems to know what brand. And it still won't work for audio recording as it turns these laptops into a simp...

If they have gone through the trouble of providing a proprietary mp3 encoder, it could very well be that it applies some tricks, like bass boost to make it sound "better".

You see that with some audiophile players too.

"Clean My Mac" doesn't have a good reputation. Some consider it malware...