Audacity Forum

Well, how loud is the signal you're outputting? Do the peaks reach the top of the track, or are they well below full volume? Listen to some regular sound files, adjust the volume to your liking and then listen to the track you've recorded? Does it sound much quieter? You can amplify the signal by hi...

I can't really say, not being a mac user. What seems to work for most people is just plugging the USB cable into the computer and setting the ION as the input source in Audacity. You also need to make sure the Stylus is properly set up, though it probably already is. Does you model have a Line Out o...

I find that if a direct input mic (internal or external) is recording only background noise, Audacity begins inserting silence. This happens after about four seconds. What exactly do you mean by that? What is a direct input mic? Does the Mic signal cut off after a little while? If that's the case, ...

I mean that you need a different program, not Audacity (unless there's a way to use a different encoder with Audacity, but I don't think so).

I don't know of any programs that will help, I've never had need of one and haven't researched the topic.

Here's a good wiki page: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Transferring_tapes_and_records_to_computer_or_CD My guess is you've plugged a regular turntable directly into your soundcard. This won't work. You need a phono pre-amp in order to record a regular Line In signal. Read the section ...

In order to invert the mic signal (though why you'd want to do this is beyond me), just cut open the cable and swap the two non-ground wires. Don't actually do that though, it's pointless. If you want to avoid hearing something, soundproof the door. Selective sound canceling a la Minority Report (th...

What kind of equipment are you trying to record from? Is it a computer mic or is it a real mic? It's most likely a driver problem if it occurred after formatting. You'll either have to update them or fiddle with the driver software in order to enable the input you need. I can't say how to do that wi...

Computer mics aren't regular mics. They're useless for your purposes as they require a special kind of phantom power only supplied by soundcards (someone correct me if I'm wrong here). What you need to do is this: 1) Plug the output of your mixer into a Line In on your computer (not a Mic In). If yo...

Nope, not possible.

While technically possible, you'd need some really fancy hardware. Even then it would need lots of human input.

It's up to your soundcard drivers to provide the Stereo Mix (or equivalent) source. If you're using Vista, update your drivers.

If using Vista:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... nel_issues

If not, then what are you using?