Recording vinyl lp's at 45 to speed up copying process

[chessman]

Ive got about 400 vinyl to copy to cd which is taking a long time. Ive noticed I can use Audacity to change the speed of a vinyl between 33 and 45. If I were to play and record each vinyl at 45 then slow to 33, is this going to affect the quality at all? As in my understanding the sample rate is being reduced to slow playback speed, so would need to initially record at a higher sample rate like 96000 to compensate. The end result would then need converting to 44100 for cd compatibility. Could someone please confirm for me? If I want to retain as much quality as possible, am I best just to play each vinyl at its correct speed and record real time?

[waxcylinder]

... is this going to affect the quality at all?

Most certainly it is - see this tutorial from the 1.3 manual and note the advice against doing this: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/High ... _transfers

Just sit back and enjoy the LPs/singles as they play.

If you really want to save yourself some good chunks of time in the proces the invest $40 in Brian Davies' excellent ClickRepair software - see this sticky thread: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=28&t=1994

WC