Line In cookbook (Windows + Audacity)
- January 19th, 2008
- By jzerbe
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Ingredients:
- Windows 98 or newer
- Audacity 1.2.6 stable version which you can download from the Audacity website
- An amplifier and turntable setup
- A line-in input
- If you wish to convert your recordings to MP3 you are going to need the Lame Encoder DLL. You can download zip package locally.
Start by getting your amplifier and turntable set up to play. Make sure all appropriate connections are as they would be for normal playback.
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| My turntable and amp setup | Converter from RCA output to headphone jack output | |
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| adapter to a 3.5mm audio extension cable | extension cable into line-in port on pc sound card | |
After you have finished plugging in and setting up everything, run the Audacity installer, and boot into Audacity. Refer to the attached video for an overview of how to setup Audacity for the recording process. If you have trouble viewing the video download and run the XviD codec installer for viewing AVI files.