Old reel to reel transfer
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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.
Old reel to reel transfer
I'm wanting to get some old voice recordings off of a reel to reel tape player. The original recordings were done on a battery operated unit and the recording speed was not consistent. The playback speed in Audacity works great to compensate for that inconsistentcy, but I need to make the speed correction permanent on the digital version. Can I play on one track while recording onto another? Or some other approach?
Re: Old reel to reel transfer
Try the "Change Speed" effect: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/change_speed.html
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