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Meaning you have a computer microphone plugged into your computer such as this?

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Koz

They make others. There's a UCA222 and a UFA202 which can switch so you can connect a turntable directly. Koz

Some laptops do have provision to change the one sound connection to Stereo Line-In. Check your instructions and Windows Control Panels, but most don't. Windows Laptops are not generic computers any more. They're business and corporate tools and those people tend to want the microphone for conferenc...

Yes. Mic-In is mono, not stereo and as you're finding out, it overloads and distorts at the drop of a hat and you usually can't stop it. That's not a defect. It makes microphones sound pretty good. We have multiple UCA202s in service and they work very well by actual, hands-on use. The illustration ...

That came out well. Are you using a sound-proofed room or close mic?

Koz

Mic-In is not a general audio input. It was designed for computer microphones and that's all.

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I use a Behringer UCA202 as a stereo interface to my Windows PC.

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Koz

Do you think they will ever invent a CD that will capture the quality of the original recordings? They did. That's why you can't use a compressed format and its associated damage and why you can only get 78 minutes of show into a disk. That's an Audio CD. If you make a Data CD, you can put your who...

That rang alarm bells because usually the only people who worry about that are trying to do scientific research or other academic task. Audacity doesn't lend itself very well to doing that. It's an Audio Production Editor, not a WAV editor. There are techniques used that sound good and aren't necess...

The blue waves are in percent because it's easier to see what you're doing than in dB. You can change the blue waves to dB if you want with the little black arrow drop-down to the left. "Waveform (dB)." You see right away that the area of interest becomes scrunched up and hard to see. The ...

You can probably do that with Photoshop which doesn't have sound. I'm betting you can't combine two programs that have sound. There will be serious conflicts shortcut key or not.

Koz