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I bought Audacity from J.C.Penneys from an ad that basically said I could transfer my LPs to my computer. That's all I want to do - no fancy stuff. I have everything hooked up but I don't even know how to start. I'm "elder challenged." Should I just forget the whole thing? I have Vista. Thanks for whatever help I can get. Sandy

Oh, maaaaan. The curse that is Vista.

I can help with the parts that don't involve Windows.

What kind of turntable do you have and what kind of computer? Any model numbers you can generate will make us very happy. You can't get too specific.

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Sandy,

A good start would be a read of this article from the Wiki: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... uter_or_CD

And I would try to avoid buying one of the "fashionable" USB turntables - as Koz frequently points out, moost of them are made to be disposable (and they tend to sound like it). I started out with a USB deck and soon "retired" it to my attic. Instead I revived my old Technics deck with a service and treated it to a new cartridge and bought a little phono pre-amp. I also happen to use an external USB soundcard - but if your PC has a proper line-in (most lapstops don't) then you should just be able to plug the pre-amp to your line-in with an appropriate lead.

I'm surprised that you "bought" Audacity - it is available as a free download from the Audacity site. If your records have lots of clicks and pops then I would recommend considering buying an additional piece of software called ClickRepair - it works utter magic on restoring damaged vinyl transcriptions. See this thread: http://audacityteam.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1994

WC