Audacity Forum

I've had a look at the Edit:Preferences in Audacity and the only two "recording devices" are Microsoft Sound Mapper - Input ; and, Intel(r) Integrated Audio none of which seem to work at all. (ie. I plug the headset into the laptop but when I try to record something it just ends up as pure noise.) T...

Yeah there are two plugs for the headset, and two sockets the same on the windows laptop. The headset says "Labtec C33"? I don't know what that means.. but thanks for all your help!

o cool thanks for your help. I just managed to find a pair of headphones in my cupboard with a mouth-piece microphone thing.. And i tried Audacity again but no sound comes up.. is it something to do with the soundcard that might be crappy in my laptop?
thanks again

Hey, I'm new to all of this. Have been trying to record some music with Audacity but I don't have a microphone. I heard you could use the "line-in" or you can use speakers to record or something. I tried putting my earphones into the line in part of my laptop, but no matter how much noise i make int...