Audacity Forum

... audacity, and now I can't get Audacity to give me the choice of a USB input. The only choice it gives is internal microphone. A few weeks ago I successfully copied old audio-cassette tapes to MP3 files via Audacity. Since then my company techies gave us a new ...

... recording in the background while I am doing other things (I am using a USB cassette deck to transfer old recordings to my Mac).

You "connected the USB cable before starting". I take you have some sort of cassette player with a USB connection? The first step is to make sure that the Mac is hearing the USB-connected ...

... That's stereo audio on one side (the mixer or the cassette machine) and a simple computer on the other. Note there's no microphones ... a Peavey PV6 with a Digital Audio Interface built in. That's the PV6-USB. http://www.sweetwater.com/store/search.php?s=pv6 That connects to the ...

My recordings from my cassette player are barely audible. I need them to be at least as loud as the cassette player. I have set the speaker at C-Media USB..., the recorder at iMic USB audio..., but I don't know what "core" and "core audio" mean. ...

... which likely indicates that the Mac only has one channel from the USB device to present to Audacity for configuration. That's very strange. ... -- Trash the "audacity preferences" file Make sure the cassette is plugged in and turned on. Start Audacity and try the Devices ...

If you go to Apple Menu > System Preferences, Sound, Input, can you select the cassette player USB input there?

-- Bill

I received a Tsir Tech cassette recorder from Amazon yesterday. I downloaded Audacity 2.0 and found the indication ... the device. I have restarted the Unit and Audacity many times and tried a different USB cable. The Mac only sees one channel, therefore it appears to be a problem with the ...