Audacity Forum

ArrAitch wrote: ↑

Mon Feb 08, 2021 6:58 pm

I'm having a similar problem with Super USB Cassette Capture. It works with GarageBand (which I hate), but not with Audacity.

Are you able to record in Audacity from other sources, such as from the built-in mic (if your computer has one)?

I'm having a similar problem with Super USB Cassette Capture. It works with GarageBand (which I hate), but not with Audacity. I have selected USB ...

... through this forum you will see many Mac users complaining that "Super USB Cassette Capture player" does not work well, or at all on Mac. They are very cheaply made devices ...

I have never used Audactiy before until I just bought a "Super USB Cassette Capture player". It is not working to capture audio on my Mac so I am hoping for some ...

... input on the meter. I then stopped the recording, switched on the usb audio codec, turned on the cassette player, and it started recording, playing the sound audibly, although the volume level ...

... re-checked “Audacity 4. I was able to record incoming volume from the cassette. I then tried the Aud 2.4.2 alias, and was again able to record—but the ‘USB Codec” line on the Audacity toolbar was grayed out. Not sure if that matters. So I think ...

Just to be clear, the device appears and disappears from Sound Preferences whether or not you press play?
-- Bill

Thanks for the ideas. Yes, I'm sorry to say this is one of those $39 cheapie Chinese-made devices. It is the cheapest device I have ever laid eyes on. So I tried the Preferences>sound monitor and it does recognize the device, but then it goes away and comes back and goes away again. So apparently it...

... have not found any way to get these devices to work reliably with Macs. There is some speculation that they may be drawing too much power from the USB port and that connecting them through a powered USB hub might help but we have no evidence of this. Of course, we also suggest that user do not ...

Here's the screenshot of the USB Codec indicator "greyed out" on Audacity. The Device toolbar is greyed out because you are in Record mode. Stop recording (or playing) and the Device toolbar will be available. If the USB Audio CODEC is ...