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issues with audacity on laptop + input via USB
Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 7:43 pm
by dabac
Hi all,
I'm trying to run audacity on a laptop w/o line-in or anything else useful. To get around this I've got a Terratec iVinyl thingy that mates the phono plugs to an USB port. However, it isn't smooth sailing:
1) I can't get any sound while recording. (playback is fine though)
2) Sample setting keeps resetting to 32-bit. when I fiddle around it insists on opening another track.
I do apologize if there is a FAQ / tutorial that covers this.
Cheers
dabac
Re: issues with audacity on laptop + input via USB
Posted: Sun May 29, 2011 8:21 pm
by steve
dabac wrote:1) I can't get any sound while recording. (playback is fine though)
This may help:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/USB_turntables
dabac wrote:2) Sample setting keeps resetting to 32-bit
That's normal. The default Quality setting in Audacity is 32-bit float as this offers highest quality audio processing.
dabac wrote:when I fiddle around it insists on opening another track.
That's probably normal too. If you need to cancel a recording, press Space to stop the recording, then Ctrl+Z to "undo" the recording.
Re: issues with audacity on laptop + input via USB
Posted: Mon May 30, 2011 2:16 pm
by dabac
steve wrote:dabac wrote:1) I can't get any sound while recording. (playback is fine though)
This may help:
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/USB_turntables
OK, there was something there about driver interference and a suggested workaround. I'll try that tonight.
dabac wrote:2) Sample setting keeps resetting to 32-bit
That's normal. The default Quality setting in Audacity is 32-bit float as this offers highest quality audio processing.
Noted. However, I'm doing this to get rid of my old stack of cassettes, and still keeping the material somewhat accessible in case nostalgia strikes me. A smaller data volume would be of more interest than the best possible audio.
How do I set samle parameters before starting a recording session?
Only way I've figured out is to start recording, which opens that window to the left on the screen. Can't change sample rate while recording. Can stop recording and set sample rate, which will revert once I start recording again.
dabac wrote:when I fiddle around it insists on opening another track.
That's probably normal too. If you need to cancel a recording, press Space to stop the recording, then Ctrl+Z to "undo" the recording.
Yeah, erasing recordings is something I've gotten real good at.
ANyhow, thanks and wish me luck!
Re: issues with audacity on laptop + input via USB
Posted: Tue May 31, 2011 9:51 am
by waxcylinder
This set of tutorials from the 1.3 manual may help you too:
http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tuto ... iscs_to_CD
WC
Re: issues with audacity on laptop + input via USB
Posted: Sat Jul 09, 2011 3:48 am
by Gale Andrews
Krautkramer's entirely different topic split to:
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 16&t=58503
Gale