No option of 2(stereo) recording
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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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SparklingWaters
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No option of 2(stereo) recording
I have just installed Audacity 2.4.2 on my new MacBook macOS Big Sur v. 11.0 and no longer have the option of stereo (2) recording on the drop down bar - just the 1 mono option. This means I can't record two tracks and then work on them separately. Any suggestions most welcome... Thanks
Re: No option of 2(stereo) recording
What is your recording device?
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Re: No option of 2(stereo) recording
So, as steve indicated, the number of channels you can record depends on the device you are recording from. A microphone normally will only produce one channel (mono). (Then again, I am a Windows guy and there may be another trick on MacOS).SparklingWaters wrote: ↑Fri Jan 22, 2021 12:34 pmI have just installed Audacity 2.4.2 on my new MacBook macOS Big Sur v. 11.0 and no longer have the option of stereo (2) recording on the drop down bar - just the 1 mono option. This means I can't record two tracks and then work on them separately. Any suggestions most welcome... Thanks
If you need two tracks from a mono source, after recording, you can select the track, then Edit>Duplicate, or Ctrl-D (on WIndows), for short. To make stereo, click the drop-down on the top Track Control Panel, then select Make Stereo Track.
I hope this helps.
