
I set the project Sampling rate to 48KHZ, and then the default sampling rate to 48KHZ 24BIT to match the device.Īfter resetting the record levels to 100% (Windows 7 previously required it to be set to only 4 otherwise it was way to loud)īecause of the higher sample quality I am using the ‘resampling’ option to resample the audio track back down to 44KHZ, then setting the project RATE in the lower left corner back to 44KHZ, once I’ve done this I export the audio and it looks to show up correctly in my MP3 player at 44KHZ, I found that If I didn’t also reset the project rate to 44KHZ the MP3 would still export at 48KHZ. The advance tab for that sound device is missing when the driver is set to 44KHZ, when I set it to 48KHZ 24 BIT output in the driver everything looks okay (and the advanced tab returns). After some investigation I found that the windows 10 driver provided by ART does not seem to pass through the audio if it is set at 44KHZ even though the hardware is rated to do that, I’m not sure whether that is a driver problem, or an Audacity problem. I say had because after upgrading to Windows 10 and Audacity 2.12, Audacity would no longer take input from the preamp, either I got no sound coming through to the software, or it sprayed out the error opening device suggesting problems with the driver, and or device. I had been using Audacity 2.05 to record tracks at 44KHZ then exporting them out to 320KB 44KHZ 16 Bit MP3 files. I have an ART USB PhonoPlus Project Series USB Phono Pre-amp connected to my machine to record from my turntable.


So I upgraded from Windows 7 Home 64Bit to Windows 10 Home 64Bit this week. I wanted to share my experience, in case it is helpful to anyone with similar hardware.
