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Have you checked the computer manufacturers web site, or are you relying on Windows update telling you that they are up to date?

The signal from the cartridge is an analogue signal. That signal goes through a "phono pre-amp" (built into the turntable) that amplifies the signal and applies the necessary RIAA equalization. The signal then goes to an analogue to digital (A/D) converter and then through a USB interface ...

What's the total length of the recording?
How much free disk space do you have?
What are the settings in "Edit menu > Preferences > Directories"?

go to this page and download "libmp3lame-win-3.98.2.zip" http://lame.buanzo.com.ar/ Extract the contents of that zip file into your Audacity program folder. Then open Audacity and go to "Edit menu > Preferences > Libraries" If Lame is not automatically detected, click on the &quo...

Wuselvieh wrote:Perhaps its possible to set the input to "Stereomix" or "what you hear

Unfortunately you can't do that while using Skype. Skype needs the recording settings to be set to the microphone that you are using. Other VOIP services are likely to be the same.

You can add a label

It may be necessary to update your sound card drivers (see here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Updat ... ce_Drivers )

Is YouTube the only thing that you want to record? If it is, then you would be better to install a YouTube downloader for Firefox (Firefox Add-ons). You can then import the downloaded file into Audacity to extract the audio part of the downloaded file (requires that FFMpeg is installed). If you are ...

Are your 12 inch records LPs or singles?
12" singles are often recorded extremely loudly and may just be too loud for the ION TTUSB05

If this is the case, you may be able to work around the problem by recording the analogue output from the turntable through your computer sound card.