DJ Tutorial: [Audacity] Recording From Turntables To Mac: Software - The DJ AOT Show Ep. 2
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DJ Antomattei of Tokyo teaches how to connect your turntables to a Mac and use Audacity®. Use this method to record your DJ mixes or vinyl records digitally. Equipment used in this video includes a Early 2009 MacBook (White), and the Audacity® free, open source, cross-platform software for recording and editing sounds. This is part 2 of a 2 part video series on recording DJ mixes and vinyl records as MP3s/WAV files.
IMPORTANT NOTE IF CONNECTION METHOD DOESN'T WORK:
1) You can buy an external USB soundcard for your MacBook Pro. Click my affiliate link to check out the very great "Behringer UFO202 Audio Interface" http://amzn.to/1bXxIbL
•High-quality USB audio interface connects your turntable, cassette
•Transfer and restore your valuable vinyl records and tapes to your computer via a simple USB connection
•Phono input switchable to line input source
2) You can try this "Record through your MacBook's headphone jack"
"All of Apple's computers feature a headphone jack or sound output of some kind, but only a few of them offer a recording input. The iMac includes one, as well as the 15-inch MacBook Pro and the Mac Pro desktop, but you won't find one on the MacBook Air, Retina MacBook Pro, or the 13-inch MacBook Pro.
So what's an audio geek to do (aside from invest in a decent USB sound card)?
Well, in the case of the 13-inch MacBook Pro (old and new), Apple includes the option of a switchable audio port than can be used as either an input or an output. Most people (myself included) see the headphone logo on the side and assume the audio spits out in just one direction. Not so.
To make the switch happen, go into your system preferences and select the control panel for Sound. At the bottom of the window, you'll see a drop-down menu for "Use audio port for." Switch it up, adjust the input level slider above it, and you're all set.
Another quick way to set this is to hold down the Option key while clicking on the volume slider on the desktop's menu bar. You'll get instant access to your audio port settings."
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