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records but garbled/distorted
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 4:49 pm
by kcdrummer
Audacity worked perfectly on my old laptop with XP, but that laptop died.
Got a new laptop with windows 7, installed Audacity 1.3 beta, it records but
the sound is garbled/distorted. What is wrong and how do I correct it?
Thanks
kcdrummer
Re: records but garbled/distorted
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:50 pm
by kozikowski
Since you're on WIn7 now, you could have most of these problems...
http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/wind ... rding.html
Koz
Re: records but garbled/distorted
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 7:19 pm
by rward39571
I am running Windows 7, and I am using Audacity 2.0 to record from a turntable through a USB. I have the input/recording volume turned virtually all the way down, but my audio is still clipping. I can make the blue waveform shrink within the channel, but it is still hitting an invisible wall. I think my computer is seeing the turntable as a microphone, rather than a line-level device, but I can't find where to change the setting.
I had the same problem with the older version of Audacity.
Re: records but garbled/distorted
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 8:10 pm
by rward39571
OK. I am the dope who never reads the detailed instructions of others. Apparently high-level output is a common problem with USB turntables, and it looks like the only possible fix is a replacement cartridge.
Sorry for the clutter.
Re: records but garbled/distorted
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 9:24 pm
by steve
Check to see if there is an output level control on the turntable itself. On some models there is a knob hidden on the underside of the turntable.
Re: records but garbled/distorted
Posted: Sat Mar 03, 2012 10:03 pm
by rward39571
Nope. No knob.
I guess I'll have to use the analogue RCA outs from the turntable and go in through my computer's line in.