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Thanks i will try using a vinyl record i have not cleaned... Then i will follow your other suggestions..

I must admit i haven't been rinsing the vinyl after applying my cleaning mixture. But it looked so clean and i cannot see any dry bits in between the grooves....

I have re-started ripping my vinyl collection. But all the way through the record i can hear pops and crackles. There are no scratches and i have hardly used the vinyl. I am using a new elliptical stylus. I clean my records with water + isopropyl and a tiny drop of washing up liquid and use a cleani...

My budget is around GBP£100

Hi,

I'm using Audacity to rip all my vinyl and have been using Pro-ject USB V pre-amp/dac. Although it's an excellent device i would prefer to achieve a higher sampling rate of 16bit 48k.

Can anyone recommend the best preamp / adc that will sample at 24bit? I'm using a Audio Technica AT95E Cart...

Thanks for your reply. I do want to split the file, but i also want to amplify it... Any suggestions?

Hi,

I have imported an MP3 file into Audacity and i have edited it slightly. I would like to save it without re-encoding it. Is this possible? When i export it, audacity seems to want to re-encode the audio file.

Otherwise, does anyone know a program that will let me do this?

Excellent advise!! Thank you very much. I have done what you said. I am recording at 32bit 48K and i will eventually convert to flac. Increasing the gain on my amp and decreasing the microphone input on Audacity seems to solve the 2 channels being too much out of balance. There is one other question...

I meant one of the best pre-amps for Vinyl to PC recording? Nevertheless i would say the channels are about 2db out...

I'm using just one pre-amp. It's a Pro-ject Phono USB V. I thought they were one of the best pre-amps?

@stevethefiddle "When you amplify with what?" I have a gain control on my pre-amp... If i turn it so that there is hardly any gain, then my left & right channel record and play at quite substantially different levels. According to Audacity, my left channel is louder. However, if i turn down the "inp...