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.


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 > 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

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