Bill Blagdon wrote:
The technical information for my Record player is:
Wow and Flutter - Less than 0.25%(WTD)
S/N Ratio - More than 50dB
Output Level - 160 - 380mV(5cm/sec at 1 Hz)
Speaker Type - 2-way
Impedance - 4 Ohms(5W); 6 Ohms(10W)
Hope that helps.
Hopefully. However, I suspect that you will have trouble trying to do what you describe using WavePad, which is basically an _editor_, rather than a recorder, although it can do some sort of recording job.
Perhaps you are unaware that Swift Sound also has a very nice little program, designed specifically for creating sound files from phonograph records, which is called Golden Records. It is easy to use and you can download a trial version here without charge to see how well it works. I am virtually certain that it will do what you want, without the headaches that you are likely to encounter trying to use WavePad for a job for which it is not designed.
I am just giving you this advice before a Swift Sound representative answers your post with this same advice :-)
Try it. Be careful to pay attention to the recording level! This is very important. From the Output Level specification, it appears that you have sufficient signal strength--after you figure out what this is all about.
Incidentally, some time ago I was using Golden Records (for which I purchased a license) to create a sound file by recording the output of an FM tuner, which has about the same Output Level as your record player. It worked very well. However, I am now recording the output of this same radio station from an _internet signal_, which this station also sends out simultaneously in the form of .asf files (Microsoft's WMA technology). The recording program that I use for this purpose is not Golden Records, nor does it even come from Swift Sound. But this is not relevant to your question, which is about computer recording from phonograph records.
Once again; I strongly recommend that you give Golden Records a try.
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