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morsegroup wrote:is
there a spectral display available, or are you using something external?

My favourite sound analysis tools are the often forgotten ones ... ears. They can be used to good effect alongside other tools such as "Analyze menu > Plot Spectrum".

Id like to run just the 1.3 version, but I am unable to figure out how to listen to the track / run the track while recording in 1.3. I agree this would be best - let's see if we can get it to work ;) There looks to be a lot of steps here, but I've tried to break it down into a simple step-by-step ...

robgbrown wrote:Is that what you are looking for

Yes thank you. Just give me a moment while I type a reply.

robgbrown wrote:What would the point pf a pre-amp be?

Don't worry about that - it's not relevant to your set-up because you are using a USB turntable.

morsegroup wrote:If it doesn't try the collective patience too much.....

Don't worry about us - we thrive on this kind of stuff
Looking forward to the results of your new test.

Raistx wrote:I have a feeling it wasn't a setting but the sound circuit on the motherboard was faulty.

Anyway, problem is solved.

Thanks for your help.

That's entirely possible. Glad you have it working now.

One box should be fine. As Koz has said, there may be a bit of "cross talk" (the signal from one microphone circuit bleeding through to the other circuits), but for your application that doesn't matter since you intend to mix them all together anyway. It is even possible to run all of the ...

bgravato wrote:there's this great live-cd distro called Clonezilla, of which I can only say wonders... (Steve you really should check this one out)

Thanks for the tip

Is there a way to restore default settings in version 1.3.X? Yes - you just need to delete Audacity's configuration file "audacity.cfg" For Windows Vista and 7 it is in: Users <user name> AppDataRoamingAudacity The only slightly tricky thing about this is that Windows may be hiding that f...

Thanks chaps - I've been following this topic with interest. While sound quality problems with MP3 are not uncommon (it's a lossy compression format) I've never noticed this type of distortion before. 128kbps is usually fairly reasonable even on stereo tracks, but there is clearly a "quality&qu...

Try using Chris's Dynamic Compressor. You can get it from here: http://pdf23ds.net/software/dynamic-compressor/ Find where it says "Download the plugin source" - right click on that link and "Save/Save As" the file "compress.ny" Put that file in your Audacity plug-ins f...