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This implies that your setup is like most USB devices; when such a device is plugged in control over the sound services (including the volume) is handed over to the soundcard/drivers/Windows. If you do not have a hardware gain control on the device then you may be stuck. You may, or may not, be able...

Sorry I can't help with that - I'm a Windows elf (and good old XP at that) - hopefully a Linux elf will happen on this thread soon.

WC.

They are exported at 44.1kHz 16-bit, right?

This workflow tutorial from the manual may help you: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Samp ... _to_iTunes

WC

BTW those little red vertical lines in your screenshot above are the clipping indicators. They show that the recording is already reaching or exceeding the maximum 0 dB. It may already sound bad in parts - if you use Amplify to increase the volume it will sound horrible in parts. I would suggest usi...

Your best tool for in-car listening is likely to be Chris's Dynamic Compressor, which you can use as an Audacity plug-in - see this sticky thread: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=58958 This tool is highly recommended on the forum (thogh I have to admit I never use compression ...

this workflow tutorial from the manual should help you: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Sample_workflow_for_LP_digitization It's part of this set of tutorials: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tutorial_-_Copying_tapes,_LPs_or_minidiscs_to_CD Personally I don't manage metdata in Audacity (apart ...

Basically you need 16-bit WAV files for burning a proper "music" CD (not a "data" CD). You can create a data CD with MP3 files on it - this will play on computers and some modern CD players, but most CD players will not play a data CD with MP3 files on it. This tutorial in the ma...

Glad it worked - and thanks for the feedback on the usefulness of the page - we're never sure, unless folk tell us, if we put too little, enough or too much info. in the manual

WC

As Koz suggested: use the envelope tool - see: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Envelope_Tool

WC

see this set of tutorials from the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tuto ... iscs_to_CD

especially these two:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Spli ... ate_tracks
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Burn ... es_to_a_CD

WC