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2. Set up Audacity to record from the USB audio device.
2.1 Connect the USB device
Use the supplied USB cable to connect your turntable and your computer. No
extra driver is required.
2.2 System settings needed for Windows and Mac
Windows:
1. By the system clock, right-click over the
Speaker icon
select
Sounds
then
the
Recording
tab, and then click on the
USB device
in the list and click
Properties
. Click the
Advanced
tab set your required bit rate and sample rate
from the
Default Format
dropdown (normally "
2 channel 16-bit 44100 Hz
").
2. On the Advanced tab, in the "Default Format" section, make sure the
dropdown menu is set to "
2 channel 16-bit 44100 Hz
".
For a more detailed walk-through of the above steps for Windows (
or if that does
not work for your version of Windows), see
Windows: accessing the Windows
Sound controls
.
Mac:
1. From
Apple Menu > System Preferences
select "Sound" and click on the
Input
tab
2. Select "USB Audio CODEC" or similar as the input device and verify the
Recording Meter
shows input.
3. If the recording meter in the Sound preferences panel does not show input:
1. From the Finder, select
Go > Utilities
and open
Audio MIDI Setup
.
2. If the
Audio Devices window is not visible, select
Window > Show Audio
Devices
.
3. Select your USB input device in the list in the left pane of the Audio Devices
window.
4. Set the Format to "
44100.0 Hz
" and "
2ch-16bit
".
For a more detailed walk-through of the above steps for Mac
,
see
Mac and USB
input devices
on the Audacity Wiki.
2.3 Launch Audacity.
If Audacity is already running when you connected the cable, choose
Transport
>Rescan Audio Devices
or restart Audacity.
2.4 Project Rate
Set the Audacity Project Rate in
Selection Toolbar
at the bottom left of the
Audacity screen to 44100
Hz
:
