Audacity Forum

There's another possible solution to the overly high signal problem discussed here: http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5080

Gale: Okay - I swapped out the gizmo and connected the Tape Out RCA jacks directly to the Line-in mini-jack port. I can now control the input volume level with the slider and eliminate the peaks/clips, but I have to have the volume control at 0.1 - anything higher maxes it out. There must be somethi...

Thanks for the info about the gain, Gale. The input volume control does have an effect - sometimes - but here is the effect that I see when it does: The recording level does retreat from the boundaries of the waveform display, but there are still parts of the signal that seem to hit a ceiling and fl...

I'm using Audicity 1.2.6 to record a signal (phono/LP) from my stereo. I connect the receiver to the computer using this ADC/DAC Box (http://www.adstech.com/products/RDX-150/manuals/RDX-150_Windows_Quick_Guide.pdf), so my computer connection is via a USB 2.0 port - there is no sound card involved. M...