I am trying to record some old vinyl records using an Audio-Technica USB turntable and the software that came with it called Cakewalk Pyro. It works okay but some records top out too loud. Supposedly I can adjust the recording volume using Windows Mixer. Pyro's instructions, that appear in a "Recording Help" window, tell me:
To view the Recording Controls:
1.Click the Options menu and select Properties.
2.The Properties dialog appears
3.In the Adjust Volume For section of the Properties dialog, select the Recording radio button.
4.In the Show the Following Volume Controls section, the Line-in and Microphone options should be checked. If they are not, check them.
5.Click OK.
6.The Recording Controls now appear in the Windows Mixer.
7.Check the input you want to use, either Line In or Microphone
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Doing this should give me an Line-in fader to adjust when recording in Pyro. The trouble is that I don't have a "Line In" to check in that box as indicated in step 4. I have only; MIDI Synth, "What U Hear", S/PDIF-In, CD Digital, Analog Mix (Line/CD/Aux/TAD/PC), Microphone and Wave. I checked them all to make all the Volume faders available but when I record in Pyro, moving the faders on any of these has no effect on the recorded volume.
So Pyro needs for Windows Mixer to have a "Line In" Volume Controller and I don't have one. How do I get one?
I would shop around for a good but cheap audio capture application if you can't find a volume control on your turn table. It has to be bosting the signal.
I would bear in mind you may want to edit the music before converting it to your final format. This will have meaningful impact on your final product unless you intend to keep the music in a losless format. Some burn a CD from the raw digital music so they keep a raw version of the music. Vinal capture requires a good amount of effort so you want to make the best final product.
I can't help you much. I purchased an old turntable and fed it into my preamp then into my sound card. I chose to use the preamp to adjust my volume control. I had many options for volume control.
