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Tape to mp3
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:05 am
by tinkanddeet
Audacity is a great program! I am having trouble while recording cassette tapes and converting to mp3s. All songs seem to fade-in and I don't know how to correct this. It does it even if the song starts abruptly. Can anyone help?
Re: Tape to mp3
Posted: Wed Feb 06, 2008 12:54 am
by steve
Check that it's not your media player fading in rather than a problem with your recordings.
Re: Tape to mp3
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 1:52 am
by tinkanddeet
I believe it may be. I am using windows media player 11. Any suggestions?
Re: Tape to mp3
Posted: Thu Feb 07, 2008 6:59 am
by Locopomo
Try the excellent freeware media player Foobar2000 -
http://www.foobar2000.org/
It will play almost any audio file format, isn't a resource hog, doesn't act as an internet billboard for stuff you're not the slightest bit interested in and isn't stuffed with tiresome eye candy. It plays and rips CDs and has a ton of other useful features - a great companion to Audacity
Re: Tape to mp3
Posted: Sun Feb 10, 2008 7:56 pm
by steve
It looks rubbish, well minimalist anyway, and not as bad now as earlier versions, but don't be put off by that. it's a brilliant audio player and does what an audio player should - it plays audio files - just about any audio format apart from the horrible "real audio". If you need to play "real audio" you can use Media Player Classic (with "Real Alternative"), or Jet Audio.