connecting to my desktop
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and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Audacity menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
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connecting to my desktop
Hi i'm have a new desktop Mac running Catalina 10.15.6 and audacity 2.4.2. I used to use back in the days this program, but it has changed a bit. Im having problems connecting my DJ mixer to the desktop. I have RCA cables connected from the session out on the mixer to the plug in the back of the desktop. I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO TO HAVE IT READ IT ON AUDACITY. WHEN I GO TO THE RECORDING DEVICE IT ONLY SHOWS Imac Microphone, no other option. Record channel shows only 1 mono recording channel. Please if someone can help. I have tried looking in Youtube but no luck.
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kozikowski
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Re: connecting to my desktop
The older machines had an actual stereo input connection.
The newer machines have....something else.
I use a Behringer UCA-202 to connect my sound mixer to the newer macs—or anything else.
Any of the variations will work. UCA-202, UFO-202, UCA-222.
The problem has been that Behringer shut down for the sickness and the adapters are hard to get.
Sweetwater Sound in the US is back-ordered on all of them.
I think the best you can do is a mono connection through the headset jack. Consult your instructions or Google your brains out.
Koz
The newer machines have....something else.
I use a Behringer UCA-202 to connect my sound mixer to the newer macs—or anything else.
Any of the variations will work. UCA-202, UFO-202, UCA-222.
The problem has been that Behringer shut down for the sickness and the adapters are hard to get.
Sweetwater Sound in the US is back-ordered on all of them.
I think the best you can do is a mono connection through the headset jack. Consult your instructions or Google your brains out.
Koz
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kozikowski
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Re: connecting to my desktop
If you do get a sound connection, check that it's not Left-Only. That's what a headset connection generally does. It's not mono mix between Left and Right.
Koz
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kozikowski
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Re: connecting to my desktop
Another nasty caution. These tiny USB Audio Adapters or similar aren't stereo, either. Most of them are mono microphone and stereo headphones.
Koz
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billw58
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Re: connecting to my desktop
New desktop Macs do not have a line input. The jack you have connected to is the headphone jack.
-- Bill
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