Audacity Forum

It actually is a home computer, is about 8 years old though I have updated the pentium 4 to 3.4, the Memory was updated and so was the hard drive.. The cassette deck goes to the Denon amp and the Denon amp to the blue line in on the back of the pc. I have no idea what sound card it has. When the computer store installed the Plusdeck 2c, which didn't work due to too many problems like popping and crackling noise in the recording, they installed a piece on the computer with 3 inputs/outputs and also a sound card on this piece. Theyremoved my original sound card and installed the sound card that came with the plusdeck. I then ran plugs to each blue to blue, pink to pink and green to green as instructed. Since I removed the Plusdeck 2c, I removed the sound card that came with it as it wasn't hooked to anything anymore. I now run the input into the piece they installed. This is why I thought of getting an external sound card. Obviousely it has a sound card due to it being able to play music from Windows Media and CDs. If I turn up the volume on the Denon amp, it doesn't do the noise gate effect but it clicks like an LP record and clips due to too high a volume. If I turn volume down the problem returns.. This is confusing and frustrating ordeal.. What you think? The only Behringer I could find similiar to your description was a 1202 and not a 202 and the 1202 was a 6 chqannel mixing board..

http://www.amazon.com/Behringer-Control ... B000J0IIEQ

<<<to the blue line in on the back of the pc.>>>

Excellent.

<<<Since I removed the Plusdeck 2c>>>
<<<I removed the sound card that came with it as it wasn't hooked to anything anymore.>>>

Not so excellent. Did you also remove the drivers and additional software that came with that complex sound system?

There is a fuzzy Audacity rule that pops up in situations like this. Audacity is a pretty simple sound program and it likes running on simple computers. Yours isn't "simple" any more.

You can try the UCA202. That should go around all that sound card complexity and might sound better to boot. Internal sound cards suffer from sensitive audio electronics an inch away from (for example) a powerful video card radiating buzzes and clicks all over the inside of the cabinet.

Koz

I went into the add/remove program and removed the plusdeck software. If I removed the drivers I really don't know. I do know that since I removed all yhat plusdeck stuff the my computer is running slower and tends to feeeze which it never did before..

That usually means the software left trash behind in the Dreaded Windows Registry. The Registry is pointing to software and drivers that no longer exist. Most software developers go to a lot of trouble to get the installers to work right. If they still have a little time left, they work on the uninstallers -- and sometimes farm the whole uninstall thing out to another company.

The uninstall step frequently causes damage.

I'm trying to avoid using the words 'Reinstall Windows," but it's getting harder and harder to do.

Koz

I did finally track down the Behringer UCA 202 but cant buy it till the first when I get paid. I use a registry cleaning software program called CCleaner and it works great. I've used it for about 4 years now and never have had a problem with it. Other registry cleaners screwed my computer up deleting files that shouldn't have been deleted but CCleaner doesn't do that, or at least hasn't as yet. I gave up trying to convert my cassettes until I try the Behringer UCA 202.. I will update you as to the progress then, after the 3rd of next month and when shipped item arrives.. So far, thank you for your help and advice... Jerry