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When did it work well?
What has changed since then?
and just going for the simple things first - have you tried rebooting the computer?

You could try taping the lead to something solid so that it is less easily pulled out. If it still gets pulled out, after reconnecting it, wait a moment for Windows to recognise it, then from the Transport menu select "Rescan Audio Devices", wait a moment, then check and if necessary re-se...

Of course you had to state that for my benefit because I'm new and might not know that most (all?) forums disallow SPAM. Not just for your benefit - we don't want a load of spammers jumping in on this topic just because you've shown willing to spend $65 ;) We have sadly been forced to take a tough ...

There is a physical problem with accurately plotting pitch over time. Some algorithms are "faster" than others, but all pitch detection algorithms that I'm aware of trade off pitch accuracy against time accuracy. Human hearing is quite remarkable in this respect in that it is possible to h...

Re. the quote. Audio CDs are always 16 bit 44100 Hz stereo http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compact_Disc_Digital_Audio#Audio_format If you are recording 24 bit 96 kHz and you want to avoid any losses between the recording and the export, then you will need the following setting in Audacity (Edit menu > ...

Hey, maybe those ebay refurb computer vendors should advertise here on the Audacity forum Any commercial advertising on this forum would require agreement from the Audacity team. We take a strong line on not allowing unauthorised advertising (spam) so as to keep the forum a friendly and helpful res...

Don't rush out to spend your $60 all at once - check the local press, adverts in corner shops and ask around - it's not uncommon for old, near obsolete, but still working PCs to be given away free to a good home ;) On old or low powered hardware XP or Linux* are likely to run much better than Window...

I was just checking that you weren't making things hard for yourself

bornpilot wrote: is there a way to export the audio utilizing the same settings as the DEQ?

What settings does your DEQ use and what format do you want exported audio to be?

bornpilot wrote:I am not looking to convert to CD just capture the digital signal for archival.

If you are only working with CD, then the best option would be digital ripping (http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/)

Have a look at Silence Finder http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/silence_finder_and_sound_finder.html#silence and Sound Finder http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/silence_finder_and_sound_finder.html#sound The position of a label can be found by clicking in the label, and then reading the "S...