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I generally prefer stereo, but the panning on that track is rather extreme. The rhythm guitar is right over one side and the lead is right over the other which sounds quite odd on headphones. Also the lead guitar is too hot and is distorting (clipping). There's also a buzz on that guitar which could...

You should not use speakers and a microphone at the same time. When recording with a microphone, use headphones.
What are you trying to record? Your voice? What version of Windows? What version of Audacity?

Sounds like Audacity froze. Try updating "Audacity to audacity-win-unicode-1.3.14rc1.exe " available from here: http://code.google.com/p/audacity/downloads/detail?name=audacity-win-unicode-1.3.14rc1.exe&can=2&q= (this is due to be officially released in the next few days as Audacit...

Follow the "signal chain" (the path that the audio signal takes) from the source of the sound, through all of the equipment through to Audacity and check the levels at each stage.

You need to set your computer sound system to record specifically through "Line In". I presume that you are using some version of Windows and currently have it set to record from "Stereo Mix" (sometimes called "What U Hear"). I can't be more specific without knowing whi...

What you are wanting to do is what the Audacity manual refers to as "Recording Sounds that are playing on your computer".
See here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/FAQ: ... #streaming

Here's a click track. If you listen to it on headphones you will distinctly hear the click pan from centre over to one side, back to centre, across to the other side and back to centre again, but if you look at the waveform the amplitude level is identical on both channels. The "panning" e...

before the mid '60's Motown records were mono recordings. If you listen to a mono recording on headphones it will sound like the band is playing in the middle of your head. This probably accounts for the "sitting right in the middle of the funk brothers" effect. When mixing down to stereo ...

Check that your Soundblaster drivers are fully updated for your operating system. The most up to date drivers should be available from the Creative web site. Also check the Sound settings in the Windows Control Panel.

Most Macs have high quality an reliable line level inputs. Probably the easiest way to get high quality recordings with your equipment would be to just use the phono pre-amp in the Traktor and use the "Direct Thru" mode to send the signal to the stereo line-in input of your Mac.