Re: Audacity question

de David Cox 01/13/2007 05:39

On 12 Jan 2007 18:04:54 -0800, Ted wrote:

> I have been using Audacity 1.2.6 on a Macintosh running OS 10.4.7 to
> copy cassette tapes so I can burn them onto CD's. I have two
> questions:
> 1. Does the software allow you to monitor the sound coming from the
> tape deck? I can't here what is going on and I would like to listen to
> what I am taping without using an amp.
> 2. Is there a way to change the input levels with sliders or while the
> program is taping? Does the software allow this?
>
> Thanks,
> Ted

Ted,

I don't know much about Macs, but I had undesirable results
using software play through on a Windows box, basically it over dubs the
sound to what is being recorded(I get an echo effect). If you have mixer
capabilities in your OS
then maybe set Audacity to mixer as I have done, then a good starting point
is to set your input volume level to 2.0 and the output level to 0.4. This
usually works fairly well for me.

Dave