I can't figure this out. I'm using my Mac laptop and a Samson mike
plugged into a USB port.

For some reason, Audacity only wants to record the left side of stereo.
Oddly, it'll play back IN Audacity in stereo, but then once i export it
as an mp3 file and play it anywhere, it comes in in left-only mono.

I've gone into preferences and chosen stereo, and it still keeps doing
it. It's crazy. I even went and downloaded the newer, beta version of
Audacity for Mac -- which I think may have screwed things up even
further.

Anybody know what's wrong here? Is there other, easier sound-recording
software for Mac out there?

I also bought Hijack Audio Pro, which seems to be working well for
recording Skype calls but wasn't picking up the sound all that well
when i tried to record something voice thru the mike. Don't know why
these programs are conspiring against me!

Thanks,
Steve Friess
The Strip Podcast