New user needs help
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This forum is for Audacity on macOS 10.4 and later.Please state which version of macOS you are using,
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/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
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mrerskine48
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New user needs help
Directions are not real clear. How do I record from a tape to my mac computer? I have the USB cable plugged in and into the cassette capture. NOW WHAT?
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kozikowski
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Re: New user needs help
Close and restart Audacity.
Click on the Microphone drop-down (input) and see if there's a listing for "USB Sound Device" or something similar. Select it. Play a tape and start Audacity recording. You should see the red recording meters bounce (but you may not hear anything).
Stop the player.
Audacity > Preferences > Recording > [X] Software Playthrough (select) > OK
That should let you hear the show.
Koz
Click on the Microphone drop-down (input) and see if there's a listing for "USB Sound Device" or something similar. Select it. Play a tape and start Audacity recording. You should see the red recording meters bounce (but you may not hear anything).
Stop the player.
Audacity > Preferences > Recording > [X] Software Playthrough (select) > OK
That should let you hear the show.
Koz
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mrerskine48
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Re: New user needs help
I still am confused with this, is it the microphone shown on the toolbar of the computer?
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waxcylinder
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Re: New user needs help
He means the one in the Audacity Device Toolbar - see this page in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/de ... olbar.html
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