When I've recorded tapes and LP's using audacity, I just used the stereo line-in on muy laptop, instead of mono microphone socket..? Stay well Jacob Kruger Blind Biker Skype: BlindZA ...Roger Wilco wants to welcome you, to the space janitor's closet... ----- Original Message ----- From: Matthew Bullis To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Sent: Monday, November 03, 2014 3:43 PM Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: Issues with a new USB cassette player I also tend to use the normal earphone socket, since I haven't really had good luck with USB devices. USB seems to carry quite a bit of noise, and also most act like their own sound card, so I don't use it. I bought a USB turntable, but quickly dispensed with the USB connection and went the traditional plug-in route, since the USB just was too noisy. Matthew