Hi Mike,

No I haven't allowed access to the microphone as I had a bad situation once.
I was recording an important vocal for a Pro music friend and I had accidentally left the input pointing to the inbuilt microphone.
When he got the recordings back he said it sounded as though I was singing through a telephone.
He hasn't asked me again!

Actually since downloading the final updates for Catalina it appears to behaving itself.

Are other versions said to be more stable e.g. Big Sur or Monterey?
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