Audacity Forum

Did you get Audacity from here: https://www.audacityteam.org/download/mac/ ?

Can you check that your SHA 256 checksum matches the one on that page?

-- Bill

What interface are you using to connect your mixer to your Mac?

What "DAW" are you using?

Overdubbing in Audacity requires some setup: https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tut ... rdubs.html

-- Bill

I've not tried this myself, but ... You need to understand the structure of the song and be able to identify bars of music. Make a selection and listen using Audacity's loop function to make sure you have selected exactly one or more bars. It helps to be able to identify the "one". Copy that selecti...

The Mac overview video on the Apogee site shows that the ONE should show up in System Preferences > Sound > Input. The Maestro software seems to be for software control of the input and output volume on the ONE. So, go to System Preferences > Sound > Input. Select the ONE and input some sound. Does ...

If you are capturing to an unsaved project (project window title bar reads "Audacity") the data is being written to your internal SSD, according to the Directories Preferences you posted. We don't recommend capturing to, or editing a project stored on, a USB stick - they are notoriously slow. When r...

Let's try Tools > Reset Configuration.

-- Bill

johnnydub wrote: ↑

Wed Aug 12, 2020 10:45 pm

I went to preferences, Sound, etc, and Scarlett did not come up. Does it need to be plugged into the laptop?

Yes. Via USB.

-- Bill

Let's start at the beginning. If you go to Apple (menu) > System Preferences > Sound > Input, do you see the Scarlet Solo listed there?

If it is listed, then start Audacity. Can you select it in the Device toolbar?

-- Bill

OK, so I tried out Blackhole on my Catalina Macbook Air. Following the instructions here , I set up a simple Multi-output Device in Audio MIDI Setup consisting solely of Built-in Output and Blackhole. Then set Blackhole as the System Sound Output. Finally I set Blackhole as the Input Device in Audac...

Are they bluetooth headphones? Audacity is know to not play nicely with bluetooth headphones on Mac.
-- Bill