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You may also want to clean the transport mechanism, pinch-wheel and capstan - and ensure the device is set up and adjusted properly - see this article in the Audacity Wiki: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recor ... m_Cassette

WC

This all begs the question: why are you languishing on the now-obsolete 2.0.2 when 2.0.5 is available (with sevral bugs fixed over 2.0.2) ?

WC

steve wrote:We currently have a Catch 22 in that proposed features cannot be implemented unless optional, but we are so afraid of "Preferences creep" that new preference are not allowed. How do we get round this silly obstacle?

Discuss it at AU14 possibly ...

Peter

DVDdoug wrote:My first advice is always buy the CD (or MP3) if it's available!

Unless it's been "re-mastered" to compete in the "Loudness Wars"

See: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Loudness_war

WC

Well personally while I use Audacity for most of the process of digibitting LPs and 45s I don't use the Noise Removal. Rather, immediately after capture I export a WAV file and process it through Click Repair (costs c. $40 but produces almost magical results on my recordings) the reimport the cleane...

In which case have a look at this tutorial in the Audacity Manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/re ... ables.html

and/or this FAQ: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... k.html#usb

WC

The best tool for this is probably the Envelope tool - a little tricksy to use, but worth mastering - see this page in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/envelope_tool.html

WC

You have probably created a "data CD" rather than a "music CD" - see this tutorial from the Audacity Manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/bu ... _a_cd.html

WC

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I suspect that this should be the subject of a proposal if it is to move forward.

Peter