Audacity Forum

Odd, I've never seen this before. A workaround would be to export your project as a .WAV file - and then use an external s/w converter to make the MP3 (there are plenty of them freely available on t'interweb - even iTunes can do this for you) One alarm bell that rings in my mind though: You say you ...

You recommend to switch to my regular turntable. I guess the reason I bought the TTUSB was so that I had USB Turntable->Mac->Audacity (digital) instead of turntable->receiver->patch cable->Mac audio input->Audacity (analogue). There is also the issue of getting enough signal through to the audio in...

You can always reduce the bitrate of the MP3 when you export the Audacity project. The default Audacity setting is 128 which is regarded by many as the minimum for music - 64 is generally reckoned to be ok for spoken voice. You can use lower bit rates - but the more you reduce the bitrate the worse ...

Yes you should be able to - but you will need the Beta version (which is actually pretty stable now). See this page in the Wiki: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... e_Audacity

WC

stevethefiddle wrote:

waxcylinder wrote:Are you, by any chance, using a USB device for input?

Oops - didn't read his post

Oops..... mea maxima culpa, sorry

WC

And joy of joys - this is finally the default in 1.3.6 (and presmnably 1.4 when it comes) - so such restiing won't be necessary for most folks in the future, it'll work in stereo "right out of the box" as they say ....

WC

you should be able to get better accuracy by zooming in.

WC

Are you, by any chance, using a USB device for input?

WC

For more detail,see this page in the wiki: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... o_burn_CDs

WC

Is it a USB mic? If so then I would suspect the USB connection plug or socket or cable.

WC