Audacity Forum

To clarify... Yes, the noise appears wherever I begin the tape. As soon as I click "record", it starts. I AM using headphone output on the stereo and Line IN on my sound card. (I have tried using the Mic input but its worse) I'm using a desktop PC. Perhaps its my sound card inputs? Its gre...

As soon as click "record" I get a high volume of noise before the tape kicks in. I've tried getting the tape ready & recording as close as possible, but I still get the noise. It always lasts just into the beginning of the tape so I can't successfully cut it out. Perhaps its noise from...