Catalina USB turntable won’t record in audacity or garageband

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Catalina USB turntable won’t record in audacity or garageband

I have just upgraded to Catalina. I’ve also just purchased an audio TecHnica lp5 Turntable to input my vinyl. In system settings the input sees the turntable and the volume bar moves when I record is played. However neither in audacity or GarageBand can I get any response from selecting it as an input. Absolutely no waveform movement or any sign that either program I’ll seeing the turntable. I heard that audacity may be a problem as Apple have closed the loop for free software developers, which is a sin, but it also doesn’t work in GarageBand.

iMac Line (2012 and Later)

Posted on Nov 17, 2019 12:23 AM

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Answer 1

Nov 17, 2019 3:09 AM in response to Jemski44

Catalina tightens security so any application that requests access to devices such as camera or microphone must receive explicit permission to do so.

You must grant permission fir your applications to access the external device.

Check System Preferences->Security & Privacy->Privacy.

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Cunnla

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Nov 18, 2019 2:47 AM in response to Jemski44

It's true that Audacity 2.3.2 will not record on Catalina even if you have Audacity checked in System Prefs / Security&Privacy / Privacy / Microphone.

However there is a workaround posted in the Audacity forum that involves using Terminal. You can find it here: https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=47&t=107162&p=378694.

I have tried it and it works.

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Jemski44 Author

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Nov 17, 2019 4:01 AM in response to Luis Sequeira1

Thanks Luis. Have checked that and all apps have permission. It’s strange that GarageBand also doesn’t work however

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Catalina USB turntable won’t record in audacity or garageband

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