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Ripping LPs to Hard Drive

I'm want to use Audacity to rip my records to hard drive, but I have a problem. The signal input level is too low. I have the "gain" slider in the Audacity program maxed out, and the gain level on the line input of my sound card is maxed as well. I was hoping to get signal levels to about -6db but the meters are topping out at about -24db. What can I do to give the input a bump?
danoroo

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gandra
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As a worst-case scenario, just record the signal as is and amplify it later with the Audacity built-in function. This might not be adviseable for such a weak signal (-24 dB), but I'm guessing that you will be able to find a way to at least get to around -10 dB by using some of the above suggestions.
Good luck
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