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Here's the guitar test... Well you can't complain at that for under $20. The noise level is low enough to respond well to Noise Removal, then a bit of Eq to bring the bass up. The frequency response is obviously designed for speech, but as long as you don't need any frequency extremes it does a rem...

Did you forget the rest of the link?

I was trying to follow your test method, but it read as if you were re-encoding a file that was imported from an MP3, so I may have misunderstood. Re-encoding an MP3 will skew the results, Could you describe step by step your test method and I will try to reproduce it.

I've never seen anything not compatible with windows 7 if it works on Windows at all. I'm not really wanting to get involved in this part of the discussion, but we've seen a lot of sound card driver problems on Windows 7, though I'm not sure that it is particularly relevant to USB sound cards (othe...

Running some tests on Linux / Audacity 1.3.13 / Lame 3.98: Input source: White noise, 44100 Hz, 32 bit stereo duration 4 seconds. Preset "Standard (170-210)" / Variable Speed "Standard" /stereo. MediaInfo reported encoding settings : -m s -V 2 -q 3 -lowpass 18.6 --vbr-old -b 32 M...

So that we know that we're comparing like with like, do you know exactly which version of Lame you are using?
I'm running on Linux at the moment, but I'll check it out on Windows when I get chance.

Look near the Time/Date on your Desktop for a loudspeaker icon. Double click on it to open your sound card mixer applet. Find the "Recording" settings in the sound card mixer and check that your required recording input is enabled. I'm assuming that you are trying to record from your compu...

You're using Audacity 1.3.12 now?
If so, then yes you can change the project rate any time you like. Just click on the Project Rate box in the lower left corner of Audacity and select the sample rate that you want.

I think you'll need to explain the question more clearly.

Will Windows 7 recognize my preamp as a recording device Obviously none of us have paid much attention to the link I posted earlier ;) Here's the link again: http://www.artproaudio.com/products.asp?type=90&cat=13&id=132 The first line says " *** Windows 7 Users - Please read this FAQ *...