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I haven't been able to find this anywhere on the forums. I have a problem with my recording. It sounds really strange. I put an attachment showing you what it sounds like.

I am using Windows 7 x64 with the most recent Audacity.

I am using the built in microphone on my laptop.

Any help with this?

... was with Win7 though I doubt this is the root cause. Time permitting I will put my audio card in the XP m/c and re-test. Sorry I cannot be of more help especially as I have seen this before.

Using Audcacity 2.0.01
Only devices listed in Preferences are the microphone and sound mixer. Unable to record off the sound car, only through the microphone. Any help?
Using Windows 7.

It's not a behaviour that I like, but that is how it is designed to work. http://manual.audacityteam.org/manual/help/manual/man/audio_tracks.html#mute I'm familiar with hardware mixers and I can see the point of being able to "solo" more than one track at a time, but ...

It's not a behaviour that I like, but that is how it is designed to work. http://manual.audacityteam.org/manual/help/manual/man/audio_tracks.html#mute The behaviour has been this way since at least Audacity 1.3.8 and allegedly: "Standard" will suit those used to mixing ...

... any other copyright material). Many people want to record sounds that are playing on their computer for perfectly legal reasons and we can offer help in how to do that. I'm sorry, Steve, but waxcylinder did advise on how to record Spotify. That was exactly what the questioner asked and waxcylinder ...

... any other copyright material). Many people want to record sounds that are playing on their computer for perfectly legal reasons and we can offer help in how to do that. Personally, I cringe when I see questions that explicitly ask how to copy material where copying is explicitly prohibited (such ...

... anything else iTunes does the compression faster. See this workflow tutorial I wrote for the manual a while back: http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/manual/man/sample_workflow_for_exporting_to_itunes.html WC

See this tutorial from the Manual: http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... puter.html

WC

... easy in the old days, but got harder and harder as the Windows versions advanced, but is frequently still possible. http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/manual/man/tutorial_recording_audio_playing_on_the_computer.html Koz