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Can you tell us the make and model no. of your turntable and how it is connected to your PC?

WC

So far I've checked 4 or 5 LPs and amazingly the maximum level seems to be around -3db max. However, since my sound card volume control is down to the minimum I would seem to be somewhat screwed if one of the 200 LPs I want to record has a bigger output level leading to clipping. I've just had a ch...

I don't really understand your comment about the recording level not mattering too much as it can be adjusted later in effects. I've had considerable experience with ADCs and data acquisition and if you reduce the level into an ADC too much then you lose bit resolution that cannot be fully recovere...

Why are you bothering to record the CD - you would do much better to rip a set of WAV files from the CD and then load those into Audacity for editing.

The only CD I ever had to record with Audacity was one that had the infuriating DRM copy protection on it!

WC

Neither the input or output sliders on Audacity have any effect on either the input & output level meters during recording. During playback of a recorded track, the output slider adjusts the volume of the sound but has no effect on the output level meter. Why is this & what exactly do the l...

ps sorry for the editing but at present I can't see what I'm typing . The "post a reply" window won't scroll past a certain point . Every new letter, tnhe screen jerks down to the end of the reply and then jerks back to the middle of the reply. Is this a test of some sort? No it's a "...

See: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/USB_turntables

And: http://manual.audacityteam.org/index.ph ... iscs_to_CD

WC

Overall, it seeme that the only control I have over the audio input to the system from the turntable is via the volume control on the audio tab of the XP control panel & this is already at one of its limits. This seems unsatisfactory & strange. No - that's what you expect with a USB device ...

Yes you can plug a non USB TT to a UCA202 - but unless the TT you have or buy has on onboard pre-amp (many modern ones do as lots of modern amps don't have phono input stages - you can tell if the TT has a, normally switchable, line-level output). If not, then yes you will need a pre-amp - the one I...

Most likely it is a bad USB connection. or a damaged USB lead/plugs. Don't use a USB hub to connect, try re-plugging or wigggling (gently) the USB plugs in their sockets, try a different USB port on your PC. This article in the Wiki may be useful to you: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/USB_turntab...