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You can test this for yourself easily enough if you are interested. This is easiest to do in Audacity 1.3.12 as this later version allows you to set the MP3 compression amount in the Export dialogue (the "Options" button) which is a lot easier than digging into Audacity Preferences to chan...

Thanks, that gives me a better idea of the task, and I think I can suggest a pretty efficient work-flow. Just a couple of details I'm unclear about I have this nice old 'dubbing' cassette player that lets me play both sides of two tapes, I presume you mean that it plays side1 (left and right), then ...

I've just checked the manual - If it's the "M-Audio Fastrack" (not "Fastrack Pro") thn you have 1 (mono) input to use - the Guitar Input. That means that you will not be able to record in stereo with this interface. Pianos/keyboards often have 2 output sockets marked Left and Rig...

pnanner wrote: i have RCA (red/white) OUT from my digital grand going into RCA (red/white) OUTPUT on the m-audio.

No, you want OUT from the piano to IN on the m-audio. (the sound is going "IN" to the m-audio).

at least one vinyl presser wants the low end cut as well as the highs tamed over say about 16k. As said earlier - some companies will have specific requirements and you should talk to the company that will be doing the job, (though vinyl is quite capable of a frequency response well over 16kHz.) de...

and then hooked it up to the mic input on the laptop. "Mic" input - that's an abbreviation for "microphone". The signal level of a microphone is about 1000x smaller than the output from the tape out on your amplifier. Also, it is usually only a mono input. You need to use a &quo...

kozikowski wrote:...That's not good...

Don't be such a pessimist Koz

Edit menu > Preferences > Interface tab.

Select (tick) the option "Closing last window quits Audacity".

is there a RAM buffer I need to clear out, or set to larger size ? No, nothing like that. Though using a lot of effects can use up RAM. To clear all RAM that is used by Audacity, close and restart Audacity - that will release everything that Audacity is using. If restarting Audacity makes no differ...

Save your project (possibly save a back-up copy with a new name if you have plenty of free disk space. Have a practice with this before you try it on the real project. 1) Import or record a short track. 2) Split the track into a number of bits in the normal way. 3) Add some labels 4) Click on the au...

now i dont get both sets of red and green indicators - only one set (as if recording mono on left side only) "Edit menu > Preferences > Devices" - check that "Channels" is set to "2 (stereo)". Assuming that is correct; Check that your leads are OK. In particular, check...