Audacity Forum

Follow the links on this page for a full guide to the whole process.
http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=reco ... ords-tapes

So, in your opinion would I be better off using one of the program you mentioned, or Audacity? My recommendation would be to use Exact Audio Copy or C-Dex to rip the CD to WAV, then use Audacity to edit the ripped files. To export from Audacity as MP3, you will need to install LAME. http://audacity...

For example, I cannot understand the format and content of the 'mixer device' parameter which qualifies the '-D' option of the Alsamixer command. the -D option is for selecting the audio device by its identification ame, for example: alsamixer -D hw:0 Where hw:0 is the first audio hardware device. ...

This is usually caused by a faulty clock signal on the sound card. (a hardware problem)

I can even get the cruddy ones sounding OK, but I want to know if there are any plugins that y'all know of that I might use to make the files sound even better. There's a lot of LADSPA and Nyquist plug-ins available from the main Audacity site. For Audacity I would recommend these over VST plug-ins...

bsalmons wrote:When played back, the audio has pieces cut out of it (where the input stopped and started back up).

This, and similar problems are common on the ION USB TT . Type the words ION USB into the forum search box for many pages of suggestions.

"Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O"
Make sure this is selected (ticked): "Play other tracks while recording new one"

g2c wrote:Will try to find a non lossy splitter somewhere.

There is a link at the bottom of the page that sp84 told you about.
http://www.audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=MP3

Audacity will sometimes open up and run under the wrong operating system. Yes, it does. Trust me on this. I don't understand what you mean. Audacity should never, ever open a sound format it doesn't completely understand. Some formats do not contain enough information to tell Audacity exactly what ...

kozikowski wrote:That's where you use a MicPre, or Microphone Preamplifier--four in your case.

Or 2 x 2-channel mic preamps, or a mixing desk with sufficient outputs (such as 4 sub-mix outputs, or Direct outs for each channel, or 2 main outs and 2 Aux outs).