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Most Windows Laptops don't lend themselves to casual recording like this. Scroll down to Connections.
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Koz

Were they a gamer, by any chance? There are ways to get multiple conversations on different computers to record into a single show, but not on the same computer that I know of. Koz

Not on a PC, no. On a Mac, you can create an Aggregate Device which gangs multiple USB devices together. I did it with microphones, but I don't know if you can do it with full headsets. Someone here on the forum designed a built a way to power his multiple headsets to plug into a mixer, but he was u...

If you have a Windows Laptop, you may not have a Stereo Line-In.

Scroll down to Connections.

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Koz

the noise that I get in vocal recordings Do you mean the echoes that sound like you're recording in a bathroom and the noise from your computer, air conditioners and other appliances? No. Echoes are permanent and some noises you can hide in software, but the tools for that always make your voice so...

You should have stayed in Mac-land. Are you plugged into the Mic-In of your laptop? That generally doesn't work very well. Scroll down to Connections.

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Koz

recordings were made and the sound worked fine.

Describe both of those in fine detail. Words like: "I sang into a Logitech USB microphone...."

Koz

It may not need a manual. You read the instructions in your video editor and find out what kind of sound files it accepts. It can probably use Microsoft WAV which is Audacity's default sound format. Record or produce your Audacity sound tracks and export a WAV file which you then import into your vi...

I have just uploaded an .mp3 into Audacity. You opened a sound file in Audacity? Uploading suggests you moved a music file between computers. I saved it. You Saved it or you Exported it? If you Saved it, then Audacity made a Project for you, not another sound file. This Project will only open in Au...

You can do it later with the silence detection/deletion tools, but you can also do it in real time with Sound Activated Recording.

Audacity > Preferences > Recording > [X] Sound Activated Recording (Select).

Koz