Also, you might find this set of tutorials in the Audacity Manual useful Tutorial - Copying tapes, LPs or MiniDiscs to CD
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Output formats for "best" quality for recorded cassette v LP
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Re: Output formats for "best" quality for recorded cassette
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Re: Output formats for "best" quality for recorded cassette
Cleaning up recordings can be such a time-intensive task, that I'd suggest first, just rescue the tapes, convert them to digital files & save in the audacity native format. Cutting them apart into tracks and adjusting for mismatched levels and peaks takes long enough, so listen for the tracks and if something sounds OK, save it out then and there. If there's a lot of noise (hey! didn't the band do that when they played in the studio?(G) just move the file into a "needs work" folder, and when all the tapes have been played, start to evaluate the noise issues.
Look at the noise software options, come up to speed on them, process the files as a separate project and THEN save them out to your "listening" format, overwriting any raw files you had made if you need to.
Otherwise it can be like eating an elephant: You get bogged down if you try to do it all in one pass.
Look at the noise software options, come up to speed on them, process the files as a separate project and THEN save them out to your "listening" format, overwriting any raw files you had made if you need to.
Otherwise it can be like eating an elephant: You get bogged down if you try to do it all in one pass.