Audacity Forum

Just thought I'd enter a wrap-up in case anyone else is recording in this manner. Long story short: everything works fine. The answer to the immediate dilemma was/is: Apple doesn't allow adjustment of recording levels in Audacity when connecting a USB device such as my AudioHub 24/96 ADC. It's an Ap...

And I always wonder why nobody uses the optical sp/dif in that plug. Is is too hidden? Is it the custom Apple plug? There is no transmission of SACD/DSD signals over optical (or coax digital). Only analog. (Or HDMI to a specialized DAC that can handle it.) For server/archiving purposes, SACD = viny...

Probably not. Amplifying digitally will be both more accurate and less noisy than adding more analog components to the chain. I guess. But in the case of SACD or vinyl, it's analog to start with, and once it gets played thru analog gear, background noise levels aren't discernible. Or at least not h...

We should also remember that if you have a digitally overloaded signal in Audacity, if you lower the volume, you will have lower volume digital overload. You don't get the bits back. That's one reason it's valid not to have digital volume controls in the pathway. Only the pure Stereo connection has...

there is a simple Gain / No Gain switch. Of course, Gain clips and No Gain would require amplifying after the fact. If you set the switch to "No Gain", how much level are you getting in Audacity? (how much amplification do you need to apply "after the fact"?) I trashed my test files, so no precise ...

Hey Koz Thanks for the reply. That's normal. Apple assumes if you have a digital connection that it shouldn't mess with it. So it doesn't. Attached is the panel for Sound Preferences (click on the graphic). Yeah, that's what I've been looking at. So "that's normal" means there is no input device lev...

Audacity 2.0.6, .dmg installer (I think) 2013 iMac, OSX Yosemite 10.10.3, loaded Input device: Novation Audiohub 2x4 (USB) I’m trying to record hi-res sources that aren’t easily ripped bit-perfect (vinyl, SACD etc) in 24/96. Rather than use a pricy 24/96 ADC, I found the Novation Audiohub 2x4, a rel...