Talk:USB turntables

Transcribing & processing 78 rpm records
Few USB turntables offer 78 rpm playback, but you can record at 33 1/3 or 45 rpm then use in Audacity to convert to the correct speed. In the "From" box in Change Speed, choose the speed you played the record at (for example, "33 1/3" or "45"). In the "To" box, choose the speed you want to convert the recording to (the speed it should be played at according to the label).

Note that you should reverse the RIAA equalization before changing speed - now the transfer will be "flat". Then change the speed. Then apply the "proper" 78 rpm equalization (whatever that may be).

See this this page in the Audacity manual for a detailed tutorial on the transfer and processing of 78 rpm records. Most of the steps and advice there can be applied in any version of Audacity.

Update Plan - Peter 3Apr12

 * 1) Retain this tutorial with content as-is; it is referenced from the equivalent manual tutorial and contains a lot of technical information, much of it outside Audacity, that we would not want in the manual
 * 2) Post 2.0 release turn the command strings around to be 2.x centric and remove references to Beta - DONE


 * Bill 03Apr12: but some links (such as to the mixer/meter toolbars) still go to the 1.2 sourceforge manual. Should these link instead to the 2.0 manual?


 * Gale 04Apr12: Already agreed this will be retained. I restored references to the exact legacy version where commands changed (though 2.0 instructions of course still come first). Yes, I agree that links in the first-presented info for currrent Audacity should go to http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/manual/.