Hi,
I know this is probably a stupid question but hewre it goes…
I’m trying to rescue an old analog recording I composed years ago (before career took over life) and All I;m getting is results out of the left side. The original was recorded on a stereo, 4 track Dokorder Reewl To Reel. I cant seem to get it to run on Audacity in stereo though.
Surely trhere’s something I missed.
Any help would really be appreciated.
Thanks
Rick
How do you get the sound into your computer?
I assume the analog is playing-back in stereo?
…If you have a laptop computer, the microphone input on a laptop is normally mono. Plus, it’s it’s too sensitive for a line-level output, and it’s usually low quality.
The line input (usually color coded blue) on a regular soundcard is OK. Or you can get a USB audio interface with line inputs. (Don’t get a regular little “USB soundcard” because they are like laptops with only line-in and headphone-out.)
P.S.
Since you probably remember analog tape recording… Digital is different when it comes to recording levels. The analog-to-digital converter hard-clips at exactly 0dB so you shouldn’t “try” to go over. (Analog tape soft-clips and you wanted a hot signal to overcome tape noise so it was OK to occasionally go “into the red”.)
But since there is no tape noise there’s no problem recording at a lower level, leaving plenty of headroom. Digital recording levels are not critical at all as long as you avoid clipping. You can boost the level later in Audacity without quality loss.
