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The Realtek Audio is most likely integrated into the motherboard.

Audacity works with Vista, but there are a few things that you need to check. Here's the check list: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... s_Vista_OS

Saxman wrote:I will try saving it as a wav. file. Thanks for your help.

I think you mean you will try Exporting it as a wav file

I don't think it is a Windows update issue, otherwise I would expect this forum to be suddenly flooded with hundreds of posts about it. Also, I have XP SP2, both at home and at work (both fully updated) and do not have this problem. You seem to have ruled out the computer, the microphone and the lea...

Are you able to record using any other software, for example Microsoft Sound Recorder?

Ground lift is usually for preventing or reducing "mains hum" by eliminating "Earthing loops". I doubt that it'll have any effect on radio frequencies. The "lump" that koz mentions (correct me if I'm wrong) is a ferrite bead - there's various types of data cables that u...

That's not what I meant. I mean, how do you use the patch?

ok Check that you have the correct device selected in "Edit->Preferences->Audio I/O" You can then select the recording source using the Windows Mixer (note that the Windows Mixer has 2 sections, one for recording and one for playback). Some soundcards use their own mixer instead of the Win...

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Audacity would like to have a signal close to, but not exceeding 0dB. However some audio hardware will start to clip the signal (a kind of distortion caused by the top and bottom of the signal being chopped off) below 0dB. It is therefore best to aim for a signal as close to 0dB as possible without ...

Are you talking about selecting the input device in "Edit->Preferences->Audio I/O" ?