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playback good, recording bad
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 1:30 pm
by ebchristman
I am running Audacity 2.0.4 on a Windows 7 Home Premium laptop with 4 GB RAM. All I'm doing is trying to record vinyl record track to MP3, using a Gemini USB turntable. The sound quality is great when I play the record on the turntable plugged into the laptop. But as soon as I hit "record" in Audacity, the sound is beset by crackling and static. Are there setting I can change so I can make decent quality recordings with this setup?
Re: layback good, recording bad
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 3:22 pm
by Robert2
The GEMINI TT-1100USB turntable has line-level RCA outputs. Does your laptop have line-level RCA inputs?
Re: layback good, recording bad
Posted: Sun Sep 29, 2013 4:25 pm
by ebchristman
It has a microphone jack but no RCA line level inputs.
Re: playback good, recording bad
Posted: Mon Sep 30, 2013 2:43 am
by Gale Andrews
Have you tried tightening the USB cable at both ends, and tightening the headshell if it's separate from the tone arm?
Or tried a new USB cable?
Gale