First off... Make sure you are plugging your device into the Microphone Line-in input of your G4.... not the headphone jack.
Go to System Prefs->Sound and select the Input tab, and choose Microphone Line-in as the input source. Audacity should now "hear" your input. I think Powerbooks have a Line-in... iBooks do not and you need to use something like a Griffin iMic for that (USB Audio Line-in, roughly $30). -josh On 12/3/05, JD Lasica <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm trying to digitize audio off of a microcassette cassette recorder > onto a Powerbook G4 using Audacity. > > Should be simple as hell, right? Well, I've spent the past 6 hours > trying to do this, and I'm totally frustrated. Google also proved > useless. So I'm turning to the wise minds in this group. > > I would have expected several options in Audacity Preferences to > select from. But there's only one: > Audacity Preferences > Audio I|O > Recording > Device: Built-in Audio > > This lets me record live sounds, but nothing else. > > I have a 1/8" jack running from the recorder's "Ear" (headphone) jack > to the G4's headphone jack. > > So: how do I record sound off an attached device? > > I had the same problem last year, and an Audacity rep wrote back: > > >This is a limitation of the mac audio controls - there isn't a way to > choose inputs from within an application. You will need to use Apple's > Sound and Midi Setup utility to choose the Line input as the system > default. > > >You may also have to select the correct audio device on the Audio I/O > tab of the preferences. > > Well, I don't even see a Sound and Midi Setup utility in Tiger, and > the Midi Setup utility offers no choice of a Line input. > > Arrrgh! Thanks for any help! I need to do this on Sunday. > > jd lasica > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Get Bzzzy! (real tools to help you find a job). Welcome to the Sweet Life. http://us.click.yahoo.com/KIlPFB/vlQLAA/TtwFAA/lBLqlB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/videoblogging/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
