Audacity Forum

I had a feeling that perhaps some of the background apps that Adobe forces down your throat (as you can't remove them from autostart) may consume some resources so I force quitted them in Activity Monitor which seems to have fixed the issue of dropouts. I still get them sometimes but only 1 or 2 in ...

Well it's impossible to connect it directly to my Mac as it doesn't have any USB-A ports but at least it's not a hub with multiple ports. I've now set buffer length to 0 and turned software playthrough off. (I have to leave auto-scroll on though as I need to know when to stop recording) That definit...

It works!

Now there's just an issue with me having hundreds of dropouts. They're barely noticeable but still. How do I prevent those from happening?

Hmm, it seems like that one isn't available here unless I import it which would be rather expensive and time consuming. I've found this one on Amazon though: https://www.amazon.de/V-TOP-Audio-Grabber-Windows-audioKassetten/dp/B00XU4NT6K?language=en_GB Would that one work? Also on Mac? Even with the ...

How would that setup work?

Hmm, I do have a FiiO Q1 Mark II DAC/headphone amp, would it be possible to use a 3.5mm to 3.5mm aux cable to connect it on there? Would that work?

What do you suggest? Should I try it in a virtual machine running Linux?

I'm trying to record a bunch of old compact cassettes using a device called SUPER USB CASSETTE CAPTURE . It's one of those generic ones I've bought on Amazon. I've connected it using the official Apple USB-A to USB-C adapter on my 2018 MacBook Pro as it came with a Mini-B to USB-A cable. In System P...