User:Billw58/Macintosh Setup

Macintosh Setup

 * 1) Connect your input device to the appropriate port on your computer.
 * 2) Click on Apple Menu > System Preferences, then choose the Sound panel, then the Input tab
 * 3) Click on your chosen input device under "Choose a device for sound input"
 * 4) If the Input volume slider is active, set it to maximum (note the this slider will be inactive if your input device is "USB Audio Codec")
 * 5) Make some sound (speak into the microphone, play the instrument, etc.) and observe the "Input level" meter - some of the blue bars should "light up".

If you get no indication on the Input level meter, you need to stop now and troubleshoot your connection to the computer. If no sound is coming into the computer then no sound will come into Audacity. Further help is available on our Mac Bugs wiki page and on the Audacity Forum.

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Setting up Audacity to record from your chosen input