Audacity Forum

clavicordo wrote:I have the same problem as fonsDV

You're using a usb audio converter by JBsystems (to record vinyl to usb)?
Go into the Windows Control Panel and configure the sound system to play through your sound card rather than the USB.

Audacity must be in "Stop" mode (not play, record or pause) to be able to use most of the tools and effects.
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This tutorial will probably help: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Transferring_tapes_and_records_to_computer_or_CD and: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=How_to_burn_CDs It will be worth upgrading Audacity when you have time - Audacity 1.3.11 is due out any time now, so I'd r...

Other than checking that the main volume control in Audacity (on the Mixer Toolbar) is turned up I'm not sure what to suggest, You could try switching from OSS to ALSA (ALSA should have better performance than OSS).

There's a lot of stuff that you can do in Audacity, but you were probably right in the first place about it not really being the program that you need. There's a program called Mixxx http://www.mixxx.org/ that may be more the sort of thing.

Go into "Edit menu > Preferences > Audio I/O" and make sure that "Software Playthrough" is not selected.

Invammocon wrote:When I do try to recording, horrible noise ( not the white noise effect) happens.

What kind of noise? Like a loud squeal? If it is, then you are getting feedback - make sure that the microphone input and output of your sound card are muted.

Make sure that you have plugged into a "Line Input" on the back of your computer and not a "Mic Input". Microphone inputs (Mic) are about 1000x too sensitive for a cassette player output (they are also only mono and have a 5v voltage on one of the contacts which will not be good ...

Amplifying it causes distortion. I mean the "Amplify effect" in Audacity (Effects menu > Audacity). With the default settings it should always produce the maximum volume (0 dB) without distortion. For compatibility with TVs and MP3 players it is usually best for the final "mix" ...