- Audacity should automatically start up, if not follow the next
sequence:
- The Audacity icon will now be seen on the desktop, double
click on it to start Audacity running, if an icon does not appear,
go to the 'C' drive under 'My Computer' , click on 'Program files'
and then 'Audacity' . Right click on the 'orange ball wearing Head-
phones' icon and select 'Send to' then 'Desktop (create shortcut)' .
Using Audacity
- Run the Audacity software by double clicking the Audacity
icon.
- Before recording, click on Edit at the top of the main page;
select Preferences at the bottom of the menu which will open
up Preferences.
- At the recording part of the window open the Device menu
by using the down arrow on the right hand side. Select the USB
Audio Device or Microsoft Sound Mapper option from the menu
(Depending on operation system). Also tick the box next to
'Software Play through (Play new track while recoding it)' .
- The lower drop down box – Channels, enables the number of
recording channels to be set, 1 is Mono and 2 is Stereo, select
the Stereo option.
- Click 'OK' once the options have been selected:
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