Audacity Forum

See: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... uter_or_CD

and: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... o_burn_CDs

WC

Bill,

Ah, I see - but am I right in assuming that there is theoretically no difference in audio quality between AIF and WAV?

And further does iTunes handle them both equally in terms of Audio quality?

Thanks,
WC

Yes you do need a label before the first track (this catches a lot of folks out when thet start with Audacity) - and no you don't need one after the last.

WC

I usually export to AIF (complete with metadata), import them into iTunes, let iTunes convert to AAC, then trash the imported AIFs from iTunes. I have iTunes set to copy files into the library, so your original AIFs are not touched. Sounds complicated, but it's faster. -- Bill Bill, I have been exp...

My newer Dell laptop does this fine (doing it right now in fact).

On my older desktop needs me to use my external USB soundcard with its outputs looped back to its inputs.

WC

Try this page from the Wiki: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... turntables

WC

Personally, I wouldn't do anything else on the computer while it is recording. PO'L Agree - and you might want to disconnect from t'interweb and your LAN (unless, of course you try to record from t'interweb) - you may find update processes operating in the background originating from the web. Anoth...

Shaun, I suspect you mean that scratchy sound of the needle being dragged across the tracks to a new location? I believe that there are some sites on t'interweb that have sound effects available - and some may even be free. Try Googling "Sound Effect" or "Record scratch". This on...

Nick, please don't double post - it only wastes folks time and drives the forum elves mad - it doesn't get your query answered any quicker either. ( I have removed the duplicate post for you.) AFAIK I don't think it is possible to time-stamp an Audacity recording. If no-one else comes along and poin...

When you plug in a USB device like this your computer hands over control of all sound services to the USB device - both input and output. Since your USB tape deck doesn't have a set of speakers, you then don't get any sound from the computer (not even the normal computer sounds). All you need to do ...