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with this new computer with Windows 7 I can't record!

Record what? Finish the sentence. We live on detail.

Koz

I was in the Executive Conference Room at work which is really quiet, has almost no air conditioning noise and very few echoes. This microphone is directional, so doesn't pick up sound from the rear. That will help if you have a room with echoes or other noises, but the quieter your room is, the bet...

...the operating system I am using is Windows 7. That means you almost certainly have the Advances Sound Settings (to be turned off), and you absolutely need to be using Audacity 1.3.12. Since you're starting out, a microphone that does as many jobs as possible might be useful. This one isn't dread...

Keyboards have two different connections. MIDI is the obvious one. That's a control signal where the computer tells the keyboard which key to press. It has nothing to do with music. The keyboard also has an audio output -- on my Yamaha, it's the Headphone Out. You can adapt that to the Stereo Line-I...

Well, that didn't work. Dig in the settings in this thread...if you have them. http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=16&t=41179&start=0 Conferencing systems have three settings to help you Skype. Auto Volume Control, Echo Cancellation, and Room Noise Cancellation (this one may have d...

My plot looked like the second half of your picture. That would suck. That means almost certainly you're listening to the ventilation and fan system in your machine. Some machines turn the fans off and on as the machine heats up. Does yours? You need to get used to the idea that you may not be able...

Turn off Windows Conferencing Services.

Windows Enhanced Sound
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 79&start=0

If you leave a continuous sound on long enough, Windows thinks it's air conditioning noise in back of your Skype call and tries to subtract it.

Koz

I don't remember if it says this in the wiki or not, but the process of recording computer sound frequently messes up straight recording -- like you're trying to do with your cassette machine. So you need to remember what you did to undo it later. There are a lot of posts from people who like to rec...

You can always do this on almost all computers, but it may take work and sometimes bux to do it.

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recor ... e_computer

Koz

And no, you can't ever get rid of everything evil if you have a noisy performance. You should make every effort to get a clean performance in the first place. Noise Reduction isn't set and forget. It's the reason for pages and pages of forum discussions as to the best way to go about it and with whi...