fluttering noise on playback
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This forum is for Audacity on Windows.Please state which version of Windows you are using,
and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
fluttering noise on playback
version 2.13, came with a cassette to MP3 player I got off ebay. Obnoxious "fluttering" or drumming noise over the music on the tape. Tried, homemade tape, commercially produced tape, Windows 10 PC, Windows 7 PC. Generic device, made in China. I really wanted it to work. Any suggestions? Thanks.
Re: fluttering noise on playback
Return it and buy something else!Any suggestions? Thanks.
Cassette players are getting rare but this one is probably better than the one you bought. ...That sounds like an analog problem, but did you check the headphone output?
There are lots of posts here on the forum from people having trouble with those cheap USB Cassette players (various brands.) I seems like the most common problem is a bad USB port.
If you get a "regular" USB player without USB you can plug the line-outputs or headphone output into line-in (blue) on a regular soundcard. If you have a laptop with no line-in you'd need an audio interface with line inputs. (The Behringer UCA 202 or UCA 222 is about $40 USD.) Do NOT buy a regular "USB soundcard" because they are like laptops with only microphone-in and headphone-out.