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the left channel is slightly louder (not that much though) How much are we talking about? If the turntable is set up well there should not be much difference - personally I'd not worry about it if the channels are within about 1 dB, but 6 dB difference is a bit excessive. does normalizing effect th...

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so you want me to connect the turntable Direct to the numark via phono or line? What's it connected to now? A Line in or a Phono in? and also do you want me to connect the earth direct from the TT To The Numark Yes. And the mixer disconnected altogether. We need to narrow down where the issue is co...

Topic moved to the Audacity 1.3.x part of the forum. Use the version from here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=FAQ:Installation_and_Plug-Ins#installffmpeg This version should work correctly with Audacity 1.3.13. Check your Audacity version (Help > About Audacity) and if not "Aud...

Let's take the mixer out of the equation for a moment while we find out hat is happening. Disconnect the mixer from the Numark STEREO iO. You now have you turntable (do you know the make/model?) connected to the Phono inputs (item 1 in the Numark manual) via a pair of stereo phono to phono leads? Th...

If you are recording on a laptop, the input socket is usually set for microphone input.
There may be a "boost" setting for the recording input that applies around 20 dB boost to the input signal (check in the Windows Volume Control). If there is a boost setting, it should be disabled.

I've used the Behringer Amp 800. It's pretty comprehensive with features - 2 mono/stereo inputs, separate level and pan for each input, separate level for all 4 outputs, sockets duplicated on front and back, link out connectors on the back, input level meters. Sound quality is decent. Main downside ...

Does the change of Audacity versions coincide with any other changes to your set-up? For example are you still using the same computer with the same operating system and listening through the same headphones?

What format do your audio books start off as and what format are you exporting them as?

Audacity is a cross-platform program (it works on Windows Mac and Linux). Unfortunately the different computer platforms do not all handle Right Click actions the same way. If I recall correctly there was some discussion about this some time ago, but there were issues with getting right click to wor...