Audacity Forum

I had a problem similar to Judy's, which I just fixed after reading this post from stevethefiddle: >If you are using tracks, or parts of tracks from CD's, you need to have the audio (Aiff, or wav) on your hard drive before you import into Audacity. Audacity does not necessarily copy the entire audio...

Audacity always starts recording four seconds after I press "record," regardless of whether or not I (a) record from a microphone or line input, (b) speak into the mike, (c) have the mike plugged in. Any ideas why Audacity delays the start of recording? I use Audacity 1.2.6 on Mac OS 10.4 with a Gri...

Thanks. I'll continue to pursue a solution to the Audacity anomaly.

Dave

> Which different computer?<

An iMac running OS 10.3.9.

My Mini has QuickTime Player 7.2 and Wiretap Pro 1.2.0.

Dave

> If you look on the back of your Mini, so you have a small audio connector with the icon of two triangles and a small circle?< No. My Mini has no line-in jack, which forced me to get an iMic device (which plugs in via USB) for input. > Disconnect your iMic and restart your Mini. Back to Apple, Pref...

I've a two-year-old Mac Mini with a 1.25 Ghz G4 PowerPC processor, 512 MB SDRAM, running Mac OS 10.4.10.

Dave

Koz: Thanks for your response. > Does your iMic work on a different computer?< Yes. > Go into Apple, System Preferences, Sound and select Line In as your default audio source< Under the Input tab in the Sound area, I have only "iMic USB audio system" available as a sound input device. I have it sele...

When I click on the "record" button, Audacity doesn't start recording until I speak into the microphone. I'd like Audacity to start recording immediately after I hit "record". But I don't see any way to turn off voice-activated recording. I use Audacity 1.2.6 on Mac OS 10.4 with a Griffin iMic input...