Audacity Forum

I solved one problem using billw58 instructions on my iMac. I tried using the same instruction on my Macbook Pro and I run into a different problem which I describe as follows:

-I downloaded soundflower, put all the settings as Billw described. I can record however the internal microphone still picks up all the audio sound. I cannot do any "internal" recording, I pick up all the ambient sound. My only choice I get in Audacity is "internal microphone".

I am being driven crazy, iMac works great Macbook pro is not.

Where am I going wrong here?

HELLPPPPP!!

We can start with Audacity 1.2 is not supported on modern Macs.

Get Audacity 1.3.12 from here...

http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_mac

You can safely install both, but only use one at a time. Audacity 1.3 projects will not open in 1.2.

SoundFlower is a little wacky because you have to assign the output system to SoundFlower, not the input. Here's a wiki that someone wrote.

http://jeffseitz.wordpress.com/2009/01/ ... ween-apps/

Koz

1.3.12 is installed already.

Still no go on recording except through the microphone.

Maddening.

Now you know why I don't like SoundFlower very much.

I can't find the simplified setup instructions. I know I've seen them. SoundFlower installs as a playback device in your System Preferences.

Apple > System Preferences > Hardware > Sound > Output > SoundFlower. There's another magic step to this I don't remember. The show may actually show up in Audacity automatically if you do that. Audacity may say something non-committal like "System Device" or something like that. I think Billw knows.

Koz

Here's one.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... wer#p90277

Koz

kozikowski wrote:Here's one.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... wer#p90277

Koz

Still no go. I get enormous feedback when I use this setup described, it works perfect on the iMac at home, Macbook Pro, no go.

I'm out.

I have two licenses for WireTap for computer recording and I wouldn't do it again. WireTap is trying really hard to be a full-featured editor and production program and along the way, they lost their simple record from the internet tools.

I called them on it and they said, "Why do you need a WAV file? You can do everything inside WireTap now..."

Wrong answer.

Koz

I have a joke here that SoundFlower makes Macs as unstable as Windows machines are all the time. I can't use that any more because the last two Windows, Vista and Win7, have all but eliminated the self recording feature. It has not been a popular decision.

"What do you mean I can't record the internet with my new Windows computer...?!?!?!?!?"

If you have a modern Mac, you, at least, can use the hardware option. Get a short jumper cable...

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... Id=2102970

And jam the headphone out into the Line-In. Surf to your web site, press play, and start the Mac recording from the Line-In with the Hardware Control Panels.

You won't be able to hear with this setup, but it does work. You can get a "Y" cable instead of the jumper and plug your headphones in. Don't change anything or unplug the headphones while the recording is progressing.

Koz

kozikowski wrote:I have a joke here that SoundFlower makes Macs as unstable as Windows machines are all the time. I can't use that any more because the last two Windows, Vista and Win7, have all but eliminated the self recording feature. It has not been a popular decision.

"What do you mean I can't record the internet with my new Windows computer...?!?!?!?!?"

If you have a modern Mac, you, at least, can use the hardware option. Get a short jumper cable...

http://www.radioshack.com/product/index ... Id=2102970

And jam the headphone out into the Line-In. Surf to your web site, press play, and start the Mac recording from the Line-In with the Hardware Control Panels.

You won't be able to hear with this setup, but it does work. You can get a "Y" cable instead of the jumper and plug your headphones in. Don't change anything or unplug the headphones while the recording is progressing.

Koz

Koz:

You have me. I have no clue. I did do a shut down and restart and NOW the internal recording works just fine. WHY it strated working I have no clue. I reset all the setting as per billw post. Once again I got HUGE feedback. I then tried your patch cord technique and got even WORSE feedback.
I checked all the settings did a shutdown and restart and now audacity is recording just fine. My speaker volume basically acts like the input level.

Why computers do the things they do I have no clue.

I can guess why that one did what it did. Sometimes Audacity gets "stuck" in the old settings and needs to be restarted before the new settings take effect. It doesn't always do it and it catches us off guard every time.

You can't have the patch cable and SoundFlower at the same time.

Koz