Audacity Forum

Thanks to everyone for their input. I will do as Steve suggests and adjust the EMU front end so the input analog signal is reasonable but below clipping and just adjust the Audacity input level to where required. I really appreciate your inputs. Thanks again. -Parris

Thanks for you input. Yes, the EMU has combo inputs, xlr and TRS 1/4" jacks. I am feeding a line level in on the the 1/4" jack with a TS jack in unbalanced mode. The EMU input levels as indicated by the led amplitude lights indicate that the signal is running about -3db on peaks with no indication o...

Koz, Completed your experiment, setting up EMU interface and Audacity for 44.1KHz sample rate and 16bit samples. The input level controls, the input EMU gain set at 0db (its minimum) and Audacity input level control set at 0.07 (full scale being 1.0). These setting, just as they did for the higher s...

Thanks for you input. I will try the experiment you suggest. However, ultimately I want 96k/24b recordings for my server based streamer. I was trying to understand exactly what the Audacity record volume control did, and how that effects the dynamic range of the captured signal. I would like gain to...

I am using a EMU 0404 USB 2.0 external interface in conjunction with Audacity 2.05 to record my LP collection. I have adjusted the analog input on the EMU to insure the input levels are below clipping. The EMU has a soft-clip function to help minimize the distortion associated with hard clipping. I ...