LP to mp3 problem

[kelloggdental]

I figured out how to convert my LP to mp3 but...(and there is always a but) one side plays just fine but the second side(identical setup) sound like it is in a cave. Anybody else had this problem and figured it out?

[kozikowski]

How did you connect your turntable to the computer? In detail. Part numbers.

Koz

[kelloggdental]

It is a USB connection. The turntable is China made Unknown manufacture Model nbr SPT-106. It is connected to via USB to a Toshiba Satellite (64 bit), Win 7.The only difference in the two recording secessions is changing sides of the LP.
I have used Audacity to download music from the internet and edit with good luck. I used the same computer. The turntable came with poor directions and a cd with a copy of Audacity, nothing else.

[steve]

The turntable came with poor directions and a cd with a copy of Audacity,

Probably an old or obsolete version of Audacity. For Win 7 the correct Audacity version is 1.3.13 which you can download from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/

I don't know if this will help your current problem, but if you have Audacity 1.2.6 then upgrading to 1.3.13 will avoid a number of other problems.

[kelloggdental]

I am using Audacity 1.3.13 beta. One odd thing just happened. I went to another LP with the usual bad result. So I paused the recording on the control panel and started over without undoing the recording and it go better. So I did it again and it was fine. My settings are Windows, speaker-Real Tech, Microphone arrary, 2 Stereo.

[steve]

Topic moved to the Audacity 1.3.x board.

How big is/are your hard drives and how much free disk space?
Have you defragmented the drive(s) recently?

[kelloggdental]

I have 379 GB free out of 455 GB. Win 7 defrags itself, not like XP.

[steve]

My settings are Windows, speaker-Real Tech, Microphone arrary, 2 Stereo.

Could you give a bit more detail about that. Where are those setting? Are those "options" or are they "the selected options"? I'm not sure what you are referring to.

[kelloggdental]

This is the device tool bar directly under the PLAY, RECORD,STOP buttons on my copy of Audacity 1.3.13

[steve]

I thought that might be what you meant, but I now don't understand how you can be recording from the USB input when it appears to not be selected as the recording device.