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But i'm still confused about the guitar..i record the guitar as stereo mix and it sounds fine, its the microphone recording device option that when i press record it records the guitar again would getting an audio interface solve that? Let me try to be more clear about this... Stereo Mix records wh...

The only thing changed was MSN Messenger which I downloaded. Even for that my sound setting is Logitech's Headset. Windows is known for doing some "enhancements" for voice chat programs, you might want to turn those enhancements in the control panel's advanced settings for the recording d...

What is exactly your problem? and what has this to do with compiling audacity?

If you want to record from the mic in a usb webcam you probably want to choose the device with "USB" in its name in the recording devices.

the mixer is connected to my computer's mic jack. That's where it all goes wrong... and that's why it gets all distorted. Mic input is not suitable for line level signal. Mic input expects a very tiny signal from a mic... The output from the mixer is a line level signal, so it needs to go to a line...

And do yourself a favour and upgrade to the latest 1.3.13 version. Despite being labelled as beta it has reached a very mature state is more stable in most modern systems than the old and no longer maintained 1.2.x series...

Separating each instrument from an already mixed song is like uncooking a baked cake and obtaining the original ingredients... In some cases it is possible to remove the vocals from a track without affecting too much the rest... in other cases it isn't... and you'll never get a perfect result... Rea...

You don't want the stereo mix option... That's for recording whatever is playing in the computer, that's because it records "everything" playing. Also if you are listening to the recorded track through speakers it will obviously be captured by the mic too, you should use a pair of headphon...

Audacity 1.2.x is quite old and no longer developed, it's also quite unstable on Vista. The recommended version for Vista is 1.3.13. You probably have the wrong device selected for recording. You can change it in the Preferences -> Devices -> Recording device (you can also activate the Devices toolb...

Which file type are you "opening"? WAV?

How much free disk space do you have?

You probably have the built-in mic selected as the recording device in Preferences -> Devices -> Recording. You need to record from line-in. Most laptops don't have a line-in though and you can't connect a line level signal to a mic input. You probably need an external device such as this: http://ko...