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Some Windows 7 and Vista computers can't do this without additional software or other workarounds.
Some can do this, but have the option hidden.

The option that you are looking for is usually called "Stereo Mix".
See here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer ... es#vistacp

The clipping is probably because the signal level is too high for the input. The noise is probably because the recording input on the laptop is low quality (extremely common on PC laptops - even really expensive laptops). Also, laptops are prone to picking up interference from their power supply. If...

1.5 dB is not much in the scheme of things and can be easily corrected with the Normalize effect, but as you say it would be nice to fix it at source, or at least find out why it is happening. To narrow this down a bit, try swapping round the connectors from the turntable to the pre-amp so that the ...

For making audio CDs it is highly recommended that you export as "44100 Hz 16 bit stereo WAV". Other formats may be supported by the CD burning software, but this format is always supported. MP3 encoding always reduces the sound quality a bit. The "sample rate" (44100 Hz) is set ...

Audacity 1.2 does not support FFMpeg, so this version of Audacity cannot import ADCP encoded files correctly. For FFMpeg support Audacity 1.3 is required (current version is 1.3.13 http://audacityteam.org/download/ )

schnahz wrote:When I make a recording, the sound is not loud and my record is very low.

Do you mean a vinyl record? Are you trying to record from a USB turntable? If so, see here: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/Tuto ... iscs_to_CD

You've missed out an important detail - what are you trying to record?

Have a look here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Troub ... Recordings

Edit menu > Preferences > Effects.
Ensure that all three options are selected (enabled), then restart Audacity.

Where were you trying to save the project? (does your user account have write permissions for that location?)

That will happen if you run out of disk space. How much free space do you have?