Hello, I'm having a problem with finding the input device. I am new to this and I want to record my Yamaha PSR E413. But Audacity (or my computer) doesn't detect it for some reason so when I go to record it comes up with 'Error while opening the sound device. Please check the input device settings and the project sample rate.'
Can anybody help me?
'Error while opening the sound device'
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help 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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Re: 'Error while opening the sound device'
I have two cousins of that one. You adapt your headphone output connection (or Stereo Line-Out if it has one) to the UCA-202 and then plug the USB connection into your computer. It should show up as a USB Sound Device and be available to Audacity using the Device Dropdown.
Substitute the keyboard for the cassette player.
http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/UCA202.jpg
The USB connection on the rear of the keyboard is for a MIDI connection where the computer plays the keys of the keyboard instead of you. It's not sound.
If you're on a Windows Laptop computer, chances are very slim that you have a Stereo Line-In. Most laptops have a Mic-In which is mono, too sensitive and easily damaged. That's why you need the UCA-202 adapter -- or equivalent. Macs come with a Stereo Line-In, and that's how I recorded this.
http://www.kozco.com/tech/organfinale.mp3
Koz
Substitute the keyboard for the cassette player.
http://kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/UCA202.jpg
The USB connection on the rear of the keyboard is for a MIDI connection where the computer plays the keys of the keyboard instead of you. It's not sound.
If you're on a Windows Laptop computer, chances are very slim that you have a Stereo Line-In. Most laptops have a Mic-In which is mono, too sensitive and easily damaged. That's why you need the UCA-202 adapter -- or equivalent. Macs come with a Stereo Line-In, and that's how I recorded this.
http://www.kozco.com/tech/organfinale.mp3
Koz
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kozikowski
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Re: 'Error while opening the sound device'
If it has two USB connections, then yes, one of them is sound. I need to read through the instructions. In that case, change the Audacity Preferences to 44100, 16-bit Stereo and try that. I gotta go.
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