Playback Problems

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Gman
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Playback Problems

Post by Gman » Wed Oct 08, 2008 2:54 am

I recorded a song from a CD from a portable CD player using a line from the phones out jack on the CD player to the mic in jack on my Dell Vostro 1500 computer. When I played it back, the first two seconds sounded great just like the CD, then the rest of the song sounded like something from Star Trek. Any suggestions?

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Re: Playback Problems

Post by waxcylinder » Wed Oct 08, 2008 8:09 am

Why are you bothering to record a song from a CD? You would be much better off ripping the track from the CD with some good ripping software to produce a good WAV file (iTunes can do this for you and can be downloaded free from the Apple site - there's plenty of other ripping software available).

The only time you may need to actually record from a CD into Audacity is when the record company has applied wretched DRM so that the CD cannot be played on a PC, or ripped to an MP£ player or iPod.

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