background noise while recording

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background noise while recording

Post by pbw » Fri Jun 10, 2011 12:04 pm

Hi,

I have successfully been able to record from my cassette to the computer however any background noise ie. children playing in the background etc. is heard as well. Is there a setting so that only what is on the tape is heard? I have the microphone on the Grace Digital Audio unit turned off.

Thanks

Pamela

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Re: background noise while recording

Post by kozikowski » Fri Jun 10, 2011 5:09 pm

You should probably look around in Preferences and make sure you're not recording the laptop's built-in microphone.

Apple > System Preferences > Hardware > Sound > Input.

Audacity gets it's sound from the computer, so whatever the computer is doing is what gets recorded.

Koz

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