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In the first 10 seconds are you also getting the proper sound recorded as well as the "white noise"?

No mention of "Stereo Mix" in there.

uhslez wrote:I tried to change the recording device in both, control panel and audacity preferences, but it still wouldnt record - the stereo mix option comes available tho.

Where are you seeing the "stereo mix" option?

Do you also have the sound card set to 2 channel stereo in the Windows Control Panel? (There's some information here about the Windows Control Panel, though this example is referring to "Stereo Mix" device settings whereas you need to look at the USB device settings http://wiki.audacitytea...

Windows 7 has volume controls for each running audio application. If the volume in Audacity is much louder than in other applications it is probably because the volume is set much louder for Audacity. The volume controls for each audio application can be found by clicking on the "Volume" i...

The aim is to keep the sound quality loss as small as possible at each stage. As your "original" audio is MP3, you can't do anything about the compression at that stage. In Photo Story 3, set the audio quality as high as possible. If Photo Story 3 supports a lossless format, use that, othe...

Where are your speakers and microphone plugged in?

Audacity 1.3.12 works with XP (I use it everyday at work).
If you generate a tone from the "Generate" menu, does it play correctly?
What are you trying to record?

Already implemented in Audacity 1.3.13 alpha
The amplification amount is set by the (new) "Sensitivity" slider.
(didn't I answer this question yesterday?)

They recommend a d/i box for bass and a mic'ed up amp for guitar. That is the better way to do it, though I often plug instruments directly into the 1/4" "instrument" inputs on my desk. Guitars and basses often have too strong a signal to plug into a microphone socket (and XLR microp...

Check that everything is connected and reboot.
Wait for the computer to completely boot up before you do anything.
Then follow the instructions here to open up "Sounds" in the Windows Control Panel and make the USB device visible and enabled.