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Thanks, but none of that seems to help. I'm not sure what I might have changed, either in or outside of Audacity. But I just tried turning off Overdub and it seems to work again. :?: I don't remember changing that and I thought it needed to ...

... Lame.dll is correctly installed. I also do not know how to check the "imput device settings" or the "project sample rate." Any help or suggestions for a complete non-technical user? Thanks. Richard

... that input on your Mac is a line input. If this is a 30 year old recording it then cleaning or tweaking the heads on the Aiwa probably won't help much, if at all. That said, if you're up for it you could try tweaking the azimuth of the Aiwa to match the recording, but be warned that you'll ...

... constant stream until I stop or pause the recording? Is there a setting I haven't discovered that'll enable this function? Thanks SO much for any help on this one nagging problem!

... fancy Dolby switches and filters on it? That can be the difference between getting an older tape to sound good and not. As Koz says - and it can help to clean the heads and the transport mechanism, the capstan and pinch-roller (and checking the head azimuth alignment - if it is adjustable on ...

The manual - After only 4 days, I'm still working on reading the entire manual (er ... pedalling as fast as I can here). The Quick Help - my Bible. The FAQ - my best friend, but only if I know I need to ask a question and then know the precise question to ask. Pop-up warning messages - ...

Many thanks for your prompt help, disappointing but I suppose we can't have everything can we!

Cheers, Dave

You can't save as .aud (the extension is .aup), but that isn't the problem. What three-section version number of Audacity are you using (see Help > About Audacity)? If you do not have the current 1.3.14, please upgrade to it after resolving the current problem: http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_windows ...

Thanks again for all the information and help.

Ed

billw58 wrote:Loops fine for me

Ah it must be specific to my computer, thanks for testing it.

billw58 wrote: Do you usually work at 48k sample rate?

No usually 44.1KHz.

However resampling from 48 to 44.1 doesn't help , (nor does mucking about with bit depth).