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Leopard, imic, audacity
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 1:38 am
by juniebee
Hello,
I have a Mac OS X, Version 10.5.1, 2.16 GHz Intel Core 2 Duo.
I was using imic and final vinyl to successfully digitize my LPs, until I "upgraded" to Leopard. Now, using Audacity (stable or unstable), I can capture the recording, but I can't get it into itunes. I've tried reading all the posts, but am at a disadvantage, since I don't know what words like "compiler" mean. Is this an impossible task? Should I just wait for Final Vinyl to be compatible with Leopard?
Thank you!
Re: Leopard, imic, audacity
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 4:57 am
by kozikowski
No doubt in Final Vinyl you captures a passage from the record and saved it, right, and then pushed the saved file into iTunes?
You can't do that in Audacity. You capture the work as normal, but then you need to Export As WAV... to get a stand-alone file for iTunes.
Koz
Re: Leopard, imic, audacity
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:22 am
by juniebee
Thank you for your response. Yes, you're right. From Final Vinyl, I just dragged the file into itunes. With audacity, there is no "export as wav." I got the LameLib (a good name), but it does the same thing as with the other poster; it is grayed out. I've tried simply renaming the files mp3, m4a, wav, but itunes will still not take them. I thought I wouldn't have these troubles with a mac! Well, actually I didn't till I leopardized it. Thanks for any help you can offer.
Re: Leopard, imic, audacity
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 6:35 am
by kozikowski
Yes, well stay away from MP3s for a while. They have their own problems.
I would be changing the Export settings back to Microsoft WAV in:
Audacity > Preferences > File Formats > WAV (Microsoft 16 bit PCM). You might need to restart Audacity after changing it, although I'd save the show as a project first.
Now export the show as a WAV and Import that into iTunes.
LameLib: Lame Ain't an Mp3 Encoder - UNIX Binary Library
No, I'm not kidding.The name is recursive. It's as close to humor as programmers get. Correction. I did see "The Night Before Christmas" in C++ code once. That was pretty funny.
Maybe you had to be there.
Koz
Re: Leopard, imic, audacity
Posted: Wed Jan 02, 2008 8:33 am
by juniebee
Wow! Thank you so much! I'm copying Arlo Guthrie's Lightning Bar Blues right now. It exports as a wav, goes into itunes, and onto my ipod. You're amazing! Thank you!