Subj : Using Audacity with XP To : Mike Powell From : Ed Vance Date : Sat Feb 09 2019 03:00 pm 02-09-19 10:20 Mike Powell wrote to ROB SWINDELL about Using Audacity with XP Howdy! Mike, I haven't checked Rob's Amazon link yet, but thanks for the comments. MP> @MSGID: <5C5EF227.15612.windowsa@capitolcityonline.net> MP> @REPLY: <5C5E7BF0.15611.windowsa@capitolcityonline.net> > The line input on most sound cards is *not* well suited for analog music > digitization/preservation. Even if/when you get it working, the results > probably won't be very good. I recommend using one of these instead (or > something similar): > https://www.amazon.com/dp/B000KW2YEI > I've use one of these to digitize many audio casettes using Audacity. Works > great. MP> I did not check the link but, if it is the same unit you MP> recommended to me about a month ago, it does indeed work well. MP> A couple of other things you have to be careful of is that the MP> volume on the input device is not set too high... both on the MP> actual device and on the "input volume" in your Windows MP> settings. MP> Mike MP> --- MP> . SLMR 2.1a . Spelling is a sober man's game .... Pollytheism: n., the belief that God is a parrot. --- MultiMail/Win32 v0.50 * Origin: capitolcityonline.net * Telnet/SSH:2022/HTTP (1:2320/105) .