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I solved the problem. I have another PC, and I recorded with that, with nothing running but Audacity and the Internet connection disabled. I'm also using a short (6 ft) USB cable. It works fine now.

Thanks to all who offered suggestions.

I had the exact same problem, but I've solved it. I'm using an ION turntable, recording into a PC running Windows XP. Someone suggested that I make sure I was using a short USB cable, and that the USB connections were very solid. I was using a long cable, so I switched to a short cable. It helped a ...

Thanks for the reply. I think what I'm going to try next is to use different computer to record. I'll disconnect it from the Internet, and have nothing running on it except Audacity. And I'll make sure that the USB connections are tight. I'll see how that goes.

Good suggestions - I'll follow up.

Thanks again.

Thanks for the response. The turntable has a separate AC power supply. I searched on "turntable," and didn't find any direct answers. However, I did see a reply about trying the Windows Recorder. I got 60 seconds (the recorder's limit) recorded with that. Then I tried another recording program I hav...

I'm trying to use an Ion USB turntable to record LPs into my computer. A problem I had for a while was that Audacity would record just a few seconds of sound, and then recording would stop, though the recording "head" would keep moving. I was using a long USB cable, and when I replaced that with the...