Hi Audacity Forum!
I have a problem that bothers me and I can’t find out what settings are wrong or have be changed.
When I put in a song from the Internet it look like Figure 1 and the sound is fine.
When I try to record a song from the turntable it looks like Figure 2 and the sound is not good.
So what settings are wrong?
Thanks in advance
Jesper Kragh
Denmark
That’s weapons-grade overload. Describe the whole turntable system. Pretend I wanted to buy one just like yours and connect it just like you did.
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Koz
I’ve just replied to you on feedback@ since you wrote there, but let’s discuss it here.
Posting my reply so others know what I said, if you are connecting the turntable through a phono or HiFi amplifier to the microphone port of the computer (pink) then you could very likely see the problem you have. In that case either connect to the line-in (blue) which can accept amplified audio signals, or check your computer manual to see if the input you have can be switched to line
level.
See http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/how_to_connect_your_equipment.html .
As well as Koz’s question, what version of Windows or Mac are you on? We cannot tell that if you post to “Feedback and Reviews”.
Gale
Hi!
I forgot to tell that my version of Audacity is 1.2.6, so it’s not the latest one, but so fare it have worked fine for me.
The turntable is a AXXION and have connected it with the computer with a USB-connector.
It is a long time ago that I have recorded something from my turntable and then it worked as it should. Lately I have most used it to work on soundfiles I have converted from YouTube.
There it never seem to cause any problems.
P.S. Hope the the extra information can help you find the problem.
You still have not said what version of Windows, Mac (or Linux). We may need to know if you need step-by-step instructions to do something.
Perhaps you should change the USB cable, and make sure you are connecting into a spare USB port and not a hub that has other USB device connected to it. Perhaps you should check the gain knob on the turntable, if it has one. If not, perhaps you should turn the Audacity input slider down. Perhaps the USB system drivers have become corrupted and you need to reinstall them.
Please note there is no longer any support for 1.2 or 1.3 versions of Audacity. This means we can’t help you. Please consider upgrading here: http://audacityteam.org/download/ . Alternatively you can look at this archive for solutions http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewforum.php?f=4 .
Gale
Hi Gale!
First I can inform you that I work on Windows 7.
The USB-connection is connected in a spare connection.As you could see in my first posts the sound does get through, but the sound get recorded wrong somehow.
The music from the turn table does sound right, so the problem has to be somewhere the USB-connection and the settings in Audacity.
Can a USB-connection get corrupted by not being used in very long time?
If you don’t have a solution or an idea what the problem is I will try to download the updated version. Is there an instruction if I for example shall I have the turn table/USB-connection
plugged in or not while I do it. A step by step instruction so to say.
- Jesper Kragh
In that case please upgrade to Audacity 2.0.3 whether you solve the problem first or not.
Development of 1.2.6 ceased before Windows 7 was released, so 1.2.6 was not designed with Windows 7 in mind. 1.2.6 could crash then you will have to piece the recording together from the temporary files.
Did the problem start after you upgraded to Windows 7, or has USB turntable recording previously worked correctly in Windows 7?
Did you change the USB cable? Did you try turning the input volume down in Audacity, or turning down the output on the turntable?
I think it would be rare. Update to 2.0.3 then try another USB port as well as trying another USB cable.
Does your turntable have red/white RCA cables for connecting to speakers? If so, does your computer have a blue port for recording line-in, or only a pink mic port?
Gale
Huddie
First I can inform you that I work on Windows 7.In that case please upgrade to Audacity 2.0.3 whether you solve the problem first or not.
Development of 1.2.6 ceased before Windows 7 was released, so 1.2.6 was not designed with Windows 7 in mind. 1.2.6 could crash then you will have to piece the recording together from the temporary files.
I don’t think I have used it after I got Windows 7.
Did the problem start after you upgraded to Windows 7, or has USB turntable recording previously worked correctly in Windows 7
Huddie
Can a USB-connection get corrupted by not being used in very long time?
I think it would be rare. Update to 2.0.3 then try another USB port as well as trying another USB cable.
I think I try to make an update and see if that helps. I get back to you if that don’t work eigher.
Gale
Hi Gale!
Now I have down loaded the new version. So far I get some sound through if I put it on “Stereo Mix(VIA High Definitor)” as the primary setting, but as you can see it’s still recorded to high even if I try to put the microphone on ½,
If I so far try other things there doesn’t get any sound in or it’s to high. It must be some kind of setting that is set wrong. I just can’t figure out where the problem is.
- Jesper
What happens if you set it to about 1/10th ?
You should be able to record satisfactorily by choosing USB Audio CODEC as the input in Audacity’s Device Toolbar . Is the recording too loud when you choose the USB Audio CODEC as input in Device Toolbar, even when you turn the Audacity input slider down to 1/10th?
You will lose a little quality if you record from the turntable using stereo mix. So it is better if you could adjust the volume properly when you record from the turntable using USB Audio CODEC.
Gale
Maybe it’s a stupid question, but where do I do that?
On the same “microphone” input slider in Audacity Mixer Toolbar where I presume you were setting it to 1/2:
Gale
It’s getting better after I turned the microphone down to 0,1.
Still the sound is not the best.
To make it work my settings is like this:
Hopefully that give some more clues to make the sound the last ca. 15 % better(comptered to before it was ca. 80% bad)
So we’re getting closer to a solution. 
We cannot hear what you are hearing. Please give us a few seconds of WAV exported from the recording so we can hear for ourselves. To give us a sample, please see https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/how-to-post-an-audio-sample/29851/1 .
Can you turn the output volume down on the turntable? Look underneath it - there may be a knob you can turn.
Gale
It did. Please see here https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/a-small-problem-i-think/30185/14 . I have deleted your duplicate post.
Have you looked underneath the turntable to see if it has a gain knob yet? If not, please do so and confirm yes or no.
Please attach a short WAV file of what the audio sounds like at volume 0.1, as previously requested. Please see here for how to make a sample WAV file https://forum.audacityteam.org/t/how-to-post-an-audio-sample/29851/1 .
Gale