pauldigweed
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AUDACITY PROBLEM!!
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:32 pm
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im trying to use audacity hooked up to my mixer to record my mix but the sound quality isnt good!!i thought it would be ok when i burned the mix and played it thru my stereo but to no avail,,,any advice apreciated on the settings i should choose to get cd quality sound for my mixes
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grinloki
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pauldigweed
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 2:52 pm
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the levels on my mixer r well down its just the audio quality is muck!!been tinkering with the settings to see if that makes a difference
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grinloki
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AureliusScott
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:44 pm
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what kind of mixer are you using?? are you recording from your booth monitor outlet?? if you are using a djm 500 there is a little knob on the back make sure it is not turned all the way up
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colinc
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:59 pm
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whats your sound card? if you just plugging into the stock built in one in your comp, that could be your problem... check your leads as well, maybe its a bad cable.
can you elaborate on what your definition of "muck" is? does it sound like low bit rate? clicking and popping? distortion?
I can attest that if you are running a good cable out of your dj mixer, into your sound card, your output level staying bellow 0db, and monitoring that signal from the computer to double check that the signal is clean and crisp... theres no reason why you should end up with a poor quality recording with audacity.
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pauldigweed
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Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:31 pm
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im using a pioneer djm600 mixer the sound (muck) sounds sort of streamed and even though i have my levels turned down it distorts when i turn it up normally.... the cables are fine its just a phone to jack running from record out into my laptop
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ZonkerBL
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HighLife
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Re: AUDACITY PROBLEM!!
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Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:28 am
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| pauldigweed wrote: | | im trying to use audacity hooked up to my mixer to record my mix but the sound quality isnt good!!i thought it would be ok when i burned the mix and played it thru my stereo but to no avail,,,any advice apreciated on the settings i should choose to get cd quality sound for my mixes |
I record off my decks using audacity all the time. i use the booth monitor output with the level a little bit below half way. You dont need to output a high sound level, since audacity will pick it up fine. It might just be your sound card. Perhaps it has a low quality line in sound processor.
Make sure the record quality is at 44.1 khz as well
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HighLife
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Re: AUDACITY PROBLEM!!
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Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:33 am
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| pauldigweed wrote: | | im trying to use audacity hooked up to my mixer to record my mix but the sound quality isnt good!!i thought it would be ok when i burned the mix and played it thru my stereo but to no avail,,,any advice apreciated on the settings i should choose to get cd quality sound for my mixes |
for cd quality you'd wat high sample rates. 88 khz and above
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HighLife
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Re: AUDACITY PROBLEM!!
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Sat Dec 22, 2007 10:34 am
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| pauldigweed wrote: | | im trying to use audacity hooked up to my mixer to record my mix but the sound quality isnt good!!i thought it would be ok when i burned the mix and played it thru my stereo but to no avail,,,any advice apreciated on the settings i should choose to get cd quality sound for my mixes |
I record off my decks using audacity all the time. i use the booth monitor output with the level a little bit below half way. You dont need to output a high sound level, since audacity will pick it up fine. It might just be your sound card. Perhaps it has a low quality line in sound processor.
Make sure the record quality is at least 44.1 khz as well
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grinloki
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grinloki
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HighLife
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Sat Dec 22, 2007 9:15 pm
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| grinloki wrote: | | Oh and yeah Highlife is hitting the nail on the head. |
LMAO! 
I fixed it.
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