This past week I had an issue with my sound interface and looked like it was going to have to be sent in for repairs. This lead to a question: “How am I going to do my show while it’s gone?”
I thought that this community might enjoy the answer to this question.
I decided that I would leave my main system alone and move to the MacBook while the R0DEcaster was gone. That way when it returned it would just be a plug-and-play to get back up and running.
So I decided to turn this into an adventure. This would be the set up of betas. I would use a MacBook Neo (Never used for recording before) running Golden Gate Public Beta, A new R0DE NT-USB mic and Audacity 4 - Beta 2.
Crazy? I thought so, but it all worked. I got everything up and running, with a little help and a few test recordings.
I was surprised how smooth Audacity 4 ran. I did have to go into the preferences and set up some shortcuts to make it feel more like Audacity 3.7. But it just worked. I wasn’t even sure it would run on golden gate! But it did!
My opinion of Audacity 4?
It was different, but in a good way. It felt more modern. I am not sure how I felt about the color options for tracks, but I found a pallete that worked for me and went with it. I was very surprised to find “Punch And Roll” fully working! Also, all the effects I use the most were all there. There were some plugins that I didn’t have, but that’s on me. I didn’t even try to see if they could be installed. Maybe I will do that later?
In the end R0DE came though and are sending me a R0decaster Duo no charge (with he understanding I send them the old one back them). My current one still works (Sort Of) so I won’t have to use this beta set up for production. I really have to hand it to R0de their customer service was wonderful throughout the whole process.
But I really want to thank the Audacity Devs. Version 4 looks like a good one and I am excited to design my new workflow around it. It really feels good.
Best to you all,
Ron