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Personally I use iTunes (downloadable for free - and you don't need to have an iPod).

But Steve hates iTunes - he regards it as resource-hungry bloat-ware

However I find it works well on both my PCs: old DEll desktop with XP-HE and new Tosh laptop with W7 64-bit

WC

the most important of my 78s--the records made by my father's barbershop quartet, who were International Champions in 1941. Those are special, and worth the money. If you're very lucky you may get some very good results. The grooves that were cut in 78s were cut quite wide and deep (compared to vin...

Are you sure you're pressing the Stop button and not the Pause - that sounds like Pause button behaviour.

WC

steve wrote: ... 45s are often cut a lot louder (bigger wiggles) than LPs ...

And twelve inch 45's are usually cut even louder still - more vinyl real-estate so even bigger wiggles

WC

Yes but you will still get the RIAA equalization applied incorrectly by your preamp if you play the record at a lower speed. The stylus for a vinyl LP should be fine for vinyl 45's - I certainly used the same one when I did my 45 conversions without any real problems (apart from the fact that many o...

Start off with a read of this set of tutorials from the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... rdubs.html

WC

steve wrote:

Gale Andrews wrote:Is the required feature request that Export Multiple has an option not to export before Time Zero?

That would work for me.

And +1 from me

And for help on digitizing tapes to CDs see this set of tutorials in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... to_cd.html

WC

The message at the top of the manual does indeed say "Translators are urgently required... To help translate this Manual to other languages, please write to our feedback address for an account on this Wiki. " This is merely an appeal to any bilingual/multi-lingual users who have some spare...

You could plug a pair of headphones into the headphone socket without puttind them on your head (but you may still hear those, albeit quieter) - or better still try a simple jack plug with no wires connected plugged in the headphone socket.

WC