Transferring LP:s fails

[musikalskare]

Recording LP's to computer with Audacity doesn't work. I have a quite new Lenco USB turntable and I'm pressing the pink/red button in Audacity to record the LP and save the music. There is just silence when trying to play the presumed saved music.
Please, teach me how to do.

[waxcylinder]

try this page from the Audacity Wiki: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... uter_or_CD

WC

[musikalskare]

Thank you Waxcylinder for your help. However I've read through pages in your link and I don't know my computer's inbuilt sound card and I don't know how to access this knowledge. I have have printed out a computer profile in Belarc Advisor's program which under the headline "Multimedia" says "creative SB Audigy" and furthermore "USB sound device".
Audacity's Mixer Toolbar's input selector, where do I find this?
Furthermore, I would like to have both options - listen and not listen - when recording.
As you understand of my questions I'm not very good with computers but I'm very happy there are pros.

[steve]

To select the desired input in Audacity, go to the Edit menu and select "Preferences". When the Preferences window opens, look at the top of the "Audio I/O" tab and you will see two drop down boxes, one for the recording device, and one for the playback device. If your turntable is a USB turntable, then select the USB option for the recording device, and select one of the Creative/SoundBlaster options for the playback device (you may need to experiment a little to see which option works).

To be able to hear the USB turntable while recording, you need to select "software playthrough" in the Audacity Preferences (also on the Audio I/O tab).

[musikalskare]

Thank you for your assistance. Now everything is working as expected.