Audacity Forum

Thanks, that's really helpful.

I'll play around with a clean LP at clipped levels soon to better train my ear. For now, at least, I can be pretty sure that the noise is from the record (or cartridge or turntable if it's not record-specific) as long as the rec levels are in the right range.

As far as keeping the peaks between -6db and -3db, do you mean as a maximum or as the "sweet spot" (as opposed to a lower level)? Reduced the gain dial to the midpoint and adjusted the input level accordingly, making sure that the input level meter stayed far away from 0db...and I guess I'm fine sin...

Will do, thanks. The documentation doesn't mention the gain dial (at all, it's not in the diagrams or instructions, not just a lack of recommendations), which is especially odd since it's easy to miss (you have to lift the turntable to see it) and set to the max. Any recommendations for the input vo...

I got my TTUSB a couple months ago, and the out of the box default on the gain dial is max. I'm noticing distortion on various transfers and wondering if I should set the gain lower. I'm recording in Audacity with the Input Volume set to 0.5. Am I being paranoid about analog noise (and should I be a...