When using cassette tape input, if the left channel of the source recording drops-out (becomes inaudiable), the recording in Audacity becomes blank (sound is extremely faint). I am using Audacity 3.7.3 on Windows 10 Home edition. During playback, sound continues from the right speaker but the left speaker becomes silent. When this occurs, the recording in Audacity becomes silent also. Is there a way to send the right channel to both channels in Audacity? I tried changing the recording to mono, but this has no effect when only the right channel is sending impulses.
How is the cassette player connected to your computer? If you are using a microphone input it’s usually mono and there my not be any right-channel connection. (The mic input is “wrong” for a line-level or headphone level signal anyway.)
Is that computer speakers or a separate connection?
The cassette is connected to the computer using the CODEC output on the cassette deck to a USB port. The issue is that when the recording on the tape looses the left channel, the computer looses its signal also.
Your cassette deck has a USB port?
Make sure both Windows and Audacity are configured as stereo. You should be able to get both channels.
Yes, my cassette deck has a CODEC port that connects to a USB port.
Thank you for of all your comments. I changed a Windows setting to accept 2 channels for recording, and it is working now.