playback good, recording bad
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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.
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ebchristman
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playback good, recording bad
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
The GEMINI TT-1100USB turntable has line-level RCA outputs. Does your laptop have line-level RCA inputs?
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ebchristman
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Re: layback good, recording bad
It has a microphone jack but no RCA line level inputs.
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Gale Andrews
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Re: playback good, recording bad
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
Or tried a new USB cable?
Gale
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