Does this work with Audacity on Windows? If not, is there any Windows freeware that works with it?
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Yes it works with Audacity. But you can download an excellent DAW from www.reaper.fm for free which it is also compatible.
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Requirement from Focusrite "Windows 7 (32 and 64 bit) and Windows 8". Audacity requirement "Windows 2000/XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8". Therefore I assume that it works with Audacity on qualified Windows System.
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Yep! I have it on my win 7 desktop, and it works really great. The only issue was making it (2i2) the default audio out or in when I have some other audio programs like acid studio and Sibelius they are midi based so that can be an issue to manually switch, in windows 8 the trade is automatic between the midi programs and asio drivers. The upside is that becuase of less backround apps, like in win 8, you can have the buffer higher, so you lose latency sooner. On win 8 I have the asio driver bottomed-out, I can hvae it at like 7ms. Hope that helps.
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I didn't use the software that came with it. I downloaded and use the free program Audacity, which is an excellent program for working with audio files and which works with all versions of Windows. Buy this tape deck because you want USB connectivity, not because of the software that comes with it.
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There is some basic software included and a path to download Audacity which is free.
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Works fine for me, I use no sound card. Let me say this though: I use FL Studio, which uses that special audio driver, and it doesn't seem to like it when I do live recording via the FL sound driver. I have to go into my Audio options, disable my audio, and then it will function for recording live sounds (just a pain really, but still works). Other than that, I have no complaints running it through my 20$ logictech speakers.
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I only have the PC version of PitchSwitch, which definitely works with WAV (as well as mp3, m4a, wma, aac, flac, and ogg). I would be very surprised if the Mac version did not support the same file formats, particularly since WAV is a commonly-used format.
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Audacity is free sound mixing/editing software. It's fairly good for basic recording and (being free) is much less expensive then any Sony product.
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Previously I used Sound Forge but found that Audacity, a free software application, has more capabilities. You can download the software without purchasing the product & try it.As with most of the inexpensive SW, it does not allow live EQ support - getting that costs a lot of $.
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1) No. 2) It comes with the Audacity software, which is pretty good. However, I recommend downloading the latest (free) version as opposed to using the accompanying disk.
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I am running on 8.1 and use Audacity software for copying cassettes. So far it works fine. The device is simple and plays my cassettes just like a regular player would.
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No. The simplest and best recording software (free) is audacity. Easy to use and works with this hardware
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I use MediaMonkey to convert WMA files to WAV format. Then I edit them in Audacity. I think there are also several other WMA to WAV converters listed on download.com, but I haven't personally tried them out.
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I used sound forge on windows XP and 7 so I'm not sure if it will work on windows 8 sorry I could not be more help
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You're better off getting a stereo recorder. This is only mono, and audio quality is not so great for something like music concerts. You could try this with an external higher quality microphone, but still not recommended. I can't recall if Windows will burn WAV files directly to an audio CD, but you can use other software to convert WAVs to MP3 then burn directly through Windows Media Player. Most stereo recorders will also offer the option to record to MP3 or WMA, so you would get better sound quality and eliminate the conversion step.
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The mic itself doesn't come with any software. It's plug-n-play to the bone. But that's ok, because you can download Audacity for free for PC and Macs. Really powerful software, simple to learn, and like I said... FREE!
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I don't know. I could never get the software to work. If you look for turntables that run w/ the software called Audacity then the answer is yes.
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The tape player works only with the Audacity program. Also, you have to change the "Recording Devices" portion of your speakers. Right click on the speaker icon, go to recording devices, make certain the default is microphone, go to properties, advanced and make certain the output is "2 channel, 16 bit. 44100 Hz (cd quality)"