
Use Device Toolbar to set the recording and playback devices and to set the recording channels to "2 (Stereo) Recording Channels", as in the below example on Windows 10: Set the Audacity Project Rate in Selection Toolbar at the bottom left of the Audacity screen to 44,100 Hz: If Audacity was already running when you connected the cable, restart Audacity or choose Transport > Rescan Audio Devices. Set the Format to "44,100.0 Hz" and "2ch-16bit".įor a more detailed walk-through of the above steps for Mac, see Mac and USB input devices on the Audacity Wiki.Select your USB input device in the list in the left pane of the Audio Devices window.If the Audio Devices window is not visible, select Window > Show Audio Devices.From the Finder, select Go > Utilities and open Audio MIDI Setup.If the recording meter in the Sound preferences panel does not show input:.Select "USB Audio CODEC" or similar as the input device and verify the Recording Meter shows input.From Apple Menu > System Preferences select "Sound" and click on the Input tab.



This is not the case, rather you should be setting the USB device as your input. Many manuals state that you should "select stereo mix for your input".Here are some errors that you may come across: Sometimes the guides supplied with the devices are out-of-date or have errors.

The guides provided with the devices might be confusing, they are written by the device manufacturer rather than by Audacity.
