Best settings for audio cassettes.

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Re: Best settings for audio cassettes.

Post by billw58 » Thu Jan 21, 2010 5:16 pm

fergus wrote:I can actually get a non-clipped recording (at the recommended initial max. level of -6db). It’s just that the Input volume slider has to be kept to the very left (almost at zero) and it only has to be moved to the 0.1 Input volume level to get a saturated signal.
OK, as long as the signal is not clipped you're OK. And it would be worth examining the signal at high magnification and listening closely to make sure that the signal is not being clipped before it gets into Audacity.

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Re: Best settings for audio cassettes.

Post by fergus » Fri Jan 22, 2010 1:56 am

Thanks for your assistance with my questions, waxcylinder. It has been very helpful.

Thanks for your input also, billw58.
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