Audacity Forum

Thanks so much for all the great info folks (and for informing me as to what type of Mac I actually own!) So .... I feel we're getting there. The 'Mic' 1/8" input socket is in essence then a stereo 'Line In' socket right? OK. What about that 'Mic' icon slider in Audacity, is it standard practice rig...

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...

Does your Mac have a connection like the one on the left? http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/MacLineIn-650.jpg That appeared on older machines. That's your stereo Line-In. You can directly cable that to the headphone out of your music player. That's how I record my music keyboard. Do your music...

Here's my set up with relevant screenshots of where I'm at ....

Hang on a minute .... noob user error alert methinks! See that little volume slider I've been talking about? You know, the one with the MICROPHONE symbol? Hmm ... I've been turning that up to about midway on the scale. That's right, the MIC input! No wonder my levels have been going off the scale! W...

OK, how do I go about getting the closest, truest-sounding-to-my-original-analogue-recording digitally converted sound file ideally using what I've got (namely: an old iMac and/or a Laptop running Vista) or 'something else' (on a very limited budget this end!)? Listening back through my powered moni...

Thanks for the top tips DVDdoug, I'm off for another wiggle (for want of a better phrase!)

Hi Gale and thanks so much for your reply! The portastudios I am attempting to transfer my tracks from are analogue NOT digital machines (ie: bit rate resolution doesn't apply right?) Both machines (namely: a Tascam 488 Mk II and a Tascam 424 MkIII) record to and playback from cassette TAPE. As I tr...

Hi and thanks for the advice so far! OK, first off my iMac is an old one namely an 'iMac Power Mac 2.2' [CPU: 750 / CPU Speed: 500 Mhz Power PC G3 / L2 Cache: 512KB / Memory: 256 MB SD Ram / Buss Speed: 100 MHz)] running OS: 10.4.11 so .... quite old then! (Is it up for the job or am I asking too mu...