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It's basically the same as recording from a turntable or tape deck - see this set of tutorials in the manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tuto ... iscs_to_CD

WC

Do you still have the original Aufdacity Project - hopefully with the two sesssions on two separate tracks (jst playing togother). If so use the time shift tool to slide one of them along the timeline so it starts after the first one.

WC

Yup it certainly can - and you will fin the latest Audacity 1.3.12 much better for what you want - you can get it from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/ See this tutorial from the 1.3 manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Splitting_a_recording_into_separate_tracks and this one: http://man...

... it works with many other programs... The reason that it works with many other prorograms is that those programs have a habit of resettting their preferences to default "factory settings" - so it's not the re-installation that sorts the problem it's normally resetting preferences which...

And that assumes that the tapes haven't degraded (as they do) - and that you hstill have a decent working tape deck in the future

I promise you it's much easier to save copies of your bit-perfect WAVs than it is to go back and re-do the transcriptions.

WC

glad you got it sorted - I realize my reply was a bit terse, sorry (I was a bit pressed for time) but you obviously got what you needed.

WC

see: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recor ... e_computer

WC

Oops that may have been me yesterday - good catch frederico. :oops: Assuming that you mean this tutorial: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Audacity_Projects#Saving_an_Audacity_Project then I have made a correction (changing "tab" to "section"). If it was another tutorial please...

Koz is not suggesting storing them as MP3s - he is suggesting storing them as WAVs additionally on other media (like external USB discs for example). All he is pointing out is that the CDs you make are created using a photochemical process, similar to photography. And just as old photographs fade ov...

Save produces Audacity Projects - you need Export to make WAVs (and other usable audio files). See: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Audacity_Projects

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