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[NoelM]

I recently upgraded to Roxio 2010 from a previous version of the product. I'd had great succcess capturing analog output from my vinyl records on my turntable using that previous version of this Roxio product.

Currently however, I am trying to replicate the same thing with Roxio 2010. I am able to capture analog audio just like before, but it is all "clipped" -- there is a sound in the background of all the audio that sounds like a "tick - tick - tick" sound, like a clock ticking very quickly.

I'm connecting from my turntable to an iMic which I'm connecting to a USB port on my PC.

I'm guessing the connection is too "hot" perhaps. But again, the exact same setup worked great for me with the previous version of this same Roxio product.

Please advise!!

[sknis]

I recently upgraded to Roxio 2010 from a previous version of the product. I'd had great succcess capturing analog output from my vinyl records on my turntable using that previous version of this Roxio product.

Currently however, I am trying to replicate the same thing with Roxio 2010. I am able to capture analog audio just like before, but it is all "clipped" -- there is a sound in the background of all the audio that sounds like a "tick - tick - tick" sound, like a clock ticking very quickly.

I'm connecting from my turntable to an iMic which I'm connecting to a USB port on my PC.

I'm guessing the connection is too "hot" perhaps. But again, the exact same setup worked great for me with the previous version of this same Roxio product.

Please advise!!

Some USB devices have given the program fits.  Your using a MIC; the USB turntable is even worse.   I assume that you are using the IMic because you have a laptop with no audio input port.

If you are indeed using the IMic as an input, it may too hot and is perhaps overdriving your sound card giving the clipped audio and other artifacts. Do you have a selectable version where you have the options to use line in or Mic?  Is your turntable connected to an amp.  If so, turn that way down and play with it.  Increase the volume only as needed.  Are there any adjustments on the IMic to turn down the volume?  The last possibility is to see if turning down the recording volume in Windows to see if that will help.  Do you have XP or Vista?  Make sure that everything is properly grounded.

Edited by sknis, 20 September 2009 - 04:04 AM.

[d_deweywright]

Just taking a quick look at the iMic, and not knowing what turntable you have and whether or not there is a preamp between the turntable and the iMic, I would suggest making sure that the switch on the iMic is set to Line, not Mic, and see if that makes any difference.  

Can you tell us a bit more about your setup?  Is the turntable plugged directly into the iMic, or is it going into a receiver/preamp first?  Is there a preamp built into the turntable?  What turntable is it?  Is all of the PC hardware the same as you were using before?

Let us know.  If there's no phono-preamp anywhere in the setup, then you don't have the right RIAA equalization being applied to the incoming signal, so your recordings won't sound like they should (bass will be too low, treble too "hot").

[NoelM]

Just taking a quick look at the iMic, and not knowing what turntable you have and whether or not there is a preamp between the turntable and the iMic, I would suggest making sure that the switch on the iMic is set to Line, not Mic, and see if that makes any difference.  

Can you tell us a bit more about your setup?  Is the turntable plugged directly into the iMic, or is it going into a receiver/preamp first?  Is there a preamp built into the turntable?  What turntable is it?  Is all of the PC hardware the same as you were using before?

Let us know.  If there's no phono-preamp anywhere in the setup, then you don't have the right RIAA equalization being applied to the incoming signal, so your recordings won't sound like they should (bass will be too low, treble too "hot").

Great job folks... you solved it! (Sorry it took me a few weeks to reply.) It looks like the iMic was making the sound too hot. My turntable is plugged into a pre-amp; and from that pre-amp, I was connecting the cord to the iMic, and then to my computer. The weird thing is that setup had worked perfectly for 3-4 years. It's only with this NEW version of Roxio that I upgraded too that this issue arose.

Anyway, the setup that is now working for me is as follows (for the reference of others):
- Turntable is connected to a pre-amp
- Pre-amp is connected directly to the small input hole on the back of my computer. Note that this hole is not a USB connection, but the small input hole similar to a microphone jack, on the back of my HP p6140f Pavilion, which is running Windows Vista.
- I go into Control Panels to tell the system I want to import sounds from a "Line In"
- Then just use the Roxio software to record and edit the sounds.

Makes me wish I hadn't spent $100 on that iMic right about now!         But that's OK, it served me well for 3-4 years prior to this, anyway.

Thanks again for your help! You have an excellent product, I really enjoy the Roxio suite. And your customer service feedback via this page adds a lot of value to your product.

Thanks, Noel M

[grandpabruce]

I am glad you got it working, Noel.

Just a note, here.  The folks, who post, are not Roxio people.  We are users, just like you.

[NoelM]

I am glad you got it working, Noel.

Just a note, here.  The folks, who post, are not Roxio people.  We are users, just like you.

Thanks... I was just thinking about that after I posted... so I'll restate, thanks to the folks here for your thoughts!