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Setting up your PC to work with Audacity
4. Next, select Quality tab at the top.
• Default Sample Rate: 44100 Hz.
• Default Sample Format: 16-bit.
• Real-time sample rate converter: Fast Sinc Interpolation.
• High-quality sample rate converter: High-quality Sinc Interpolation.
• Real-time dither: None.
• High-quality dither: Triangle.
• Select OK to save settings and exit Preferences menu.
5. Next, from the main Audacity window, select the drop-down box (arrow
pointing down) next to the microphone near the middle of your screen.
• If you don’t see the drop-down box or the microphone pictured above, return
to Preferences Menu (see step 2, page 21). Select the Interface tab. Check
Enable Meter Toolbar. This will allow you to see the microphone with the
drop-down box on your main screen.
• Select Monitor Input from the drop-down menu. NOTE: You will need to
select this setting every time you launch Audacity. The other settings selected
above will be saved when you exit the program.