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When I started out on my LP transcriptions a while back I did some careful listening test as you describe (on good quality hif speakers and studio cans). At the time I only had a 30 gig iPod so I settled on 192 as good compromise between audio quality and disk space occupancy. I could clearly hear t...

This set of tutorials from the manual should help: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... to_cd.html

WC

See the following articles from the Audacity Wiki

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Impro ... ng_quality

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Hardw ... ng_quality

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recording_Tips

WC

The ART USB Phono Plus Project has a button labelled INPUT with two settings PHONO and LINE

You need to have this set to PHONO for the signal to be passed through the RIAA Eq processing.

WC

And sometimes it can be down to a bad USB connection - cable/plug/socket. Unplug and replug the USB device Try a different USNB socket on your PC Try a diffent USB cable. DON'T route via a USB hub You will need to stop and restart Audacity after re-plugging/re-cabling or use Transport > Rescan Audio...

:D But my real advice is always... Buy the CD!!!! (If it's available.) A lot of audiophiles love the sound of analog vinyl... But most people prefer the lower distortion, lower noise, and better frequency response of a CD (or MP3). Whenever I can't get the CD (or MP3), I spend a LOT of time "m...

See this thread for a neat little Nyquist plugin that Steve wrote a while back: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 42&t=67131

It works a treat.

WC

see this tutorial from the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... tones.html

WC

In place of you Pro-Ject box I run an ARTcessories DJ-Pre11 - this does have a gain control and works very well for my LP transfers. My chain is Technics SL-150 => SME-3009 imp. arm => Goldring Elektra cart => DJ-Pre11 => SkyTronic passive 3-way switch => Edirol UA-1EX USB card => PC W7 The weakest ...

Yebbut - the related issue is that the Normalize effect will still carry the DC Removal functionality :( If the original level is low, normalizing will make any DC offset worse unless there is an option to remove it. An insignificant amount of DC offset may become significant after normalizing, so ...