Audacity Forum

<<<Here I notice "effects" in the recorded material, scratches/bumps/jumps that aren't on the original vinyl.>>> <<<And yes, I'm using the same deck (ION) and USB cable. >>> These turntables were designed to be "throw-away" record players and they're pretty awful quality. Audacit...

I'd try the drivers and software first. That would be cheaper.

Koz

<<<I selected the area and used "generate silence" on it. Then I clicked play again and STILL heard the noise on playback. >>> We were doing really well until you said that. You know you can press the Spacebar to Play and Stop, right? You don't have to keep clicking on the green Play butto...

This can happen if you have other audio software packages on your machine. This is someone else having the same problems.

http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic ... ler#p28391

Koz

Let me read this back to you. You created a nice clear, uncompressed WAV file of a live performance and then imported it into iTunes which carefully converted it to highly compressed Apple AAC format which Audacity doesn't recognize. I hope you kept the original Zoom WAV file. Apple AAC is a lossy c...

<<<and then repair the transitions where the edit points were (with the "Repair" effect).>>> That's the step you hire somebody else to do. I was going to say the 20 Hz High Pass Filter will totally get rid of any DC Level all in one step, but not each pop, click, or thump. any reason you e...

If your computer sound card doesn't support Hardware Playthrough, that option will be either gray or missing. Software Playthrough forces the computer to process the show in real time, then decode it and play it to your headphones. You are listening to the delay inside your computer. Hardware Playth...

<<<an mp3 song from my music folder >>> How did it get to your music folder? <<<I have tried other mp3 imports>>> From.....? Rich detail is good when we're trying to diagnose the problem. Try downloading piano2-CoolEdit.mp3 from here ... http://www.kozco.com/tech/soundtests.html And see if that does...

We get a lot of complaints from people who bought USB turntables. The problem is that the turntables are throw-away devices -- transfer all your vinyl and then throw everything away. Sometimes, you need to throw it away a little too soon.

Koz

<<<The problem was solved once I downloaded and imported the FFMpeg files.>>> Right. Because FFMpeg recognizes other types of music files and can manage them. Did you change Windows so you can see file extensions? Windows defaults to hiding the three-letter filename extension and it creates all kind...