- 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
- Plug the USB cable into the back of the unit and the other end
into a spare USBport on your computer.
- Insert the mains plug into the nearest mains socket and switch
on ifapplicable.
- 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 thebottom 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 option from the menu. Also tick the box next to
'Software Play through (Play new track while recoding it)' .
- The lower box 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: