I recently bought a new lap top and have Windows 7 and IE8 on my computer. I have both audacity programs on my computer too. Unfortunately I can no longer record what I hear with audacity. I used to edit the songs out of sessions with audacity and then slow them down and save. I can't any more. Has anyone had the same problem and found a solution? I know there are others on the internet who have the same problem, but no solution . This forum almost always has a clear answer.
I had the same problem with Vista, or maybe it was just the (pseudo?) sound card in the new notebook computer.
My workaround: plug one end of a mini-cable (the kind used to plug an mp3 player into a bigger system) into the headphone output, and then plug the other end into the microphone input. Windows asks what kind of device--select "Line In." Use Windows Media Player to play your recording, and Audacity to record ("rip") it. Use the waveform indicator to make sure it's not distorted. A bit kludgey, but it works.
p.s. Once it's set up, I usually just let it run, and record the whole session into Audacity. Then I do my editing, slowing down, exporting individual tunes to mp3s in Audacity, as usual.
record what you hear and Windows 7
record what you hear and Windows 7
I recently bought a new lap top and have Windows 7 and IE8 on my computer. I have both audacity programs on my computer too. Unfortunately I can no longer record what I hear with audacity. I used to edit the songs out of sessions with audacity and then slow them down and save. I can't any more. Has anyone had the same problem and found a solution? I know there are others on the internet who have the same problem, but no solution . This forum almost always has a clear answer.
# Posted on March 29th 2010 by crfiddler
Re: record what you hear and Windows 7
IDid you read this, crfiddler?
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Windows_7_OS
# Posted on March 29th 2010 by ∅
Re: record what you hear and Windows 7
I had the same problem with Vista, or maybe it was just the (pseudo?) sound card in the new notebook computer.
My workaround: plug one end of a mini-cable (the kind used to plug an mp3 player into a bigger system) into the headphone output, and then plug the other end into the microphone input. Windows asks what kind of device--select "Line In." Use Windows Media Player to play your recording, and Audacity to record ("rip") it. Use the waveform indicator to make sure it's not distorted. A bit kludgey, but it works.
# Posted on March 29th 2010 by John Galt
Re: record what you hear and Windows 7
p.s. Once it's set up, I usually just let it run, and record the whole session into Audacity. Then I do my editing, slowing down, exporting individual tunes to mp3s in Audacity, as usual.
# Posted on March 29th 2010 by John Galt
Re: record what you hear and Windows 7
its to do with the sound card in your computer. The sound card needs to have a stereo mix output for you to record what your computer is playing. Some sound cards don't have them, so you need software to do it instead,
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_card_mixer
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=8492
# Posted on March 30th 2010 by harry