I use a new HP Compaq 15 . h002sf computer on Windows 8 and Audacity 2.0.5. (via .exe installer) in order to record music from an analogic audio cassette recorder/player. I can only record something ambiant sound through the microphone of the computer but nothing from the wire connection.
I tried to change parameters on Edit -Preferences Menu and default devices on “Sound device” Parameters. Nothing better and sometimes worse which is nothing at all…!
On this computer, the line-in port (micro) and the line-out port (headphones) is the same.
Can someone help.
Many thanks in advance
phl13500
On this computer, the line-in port (micro) and the line-out port (headphones) is the same.
Are you sure about that? Is there a utility to switch between headphone-out and line-in?
Most laptops only have mic in and headphone out. The headphone-out doubles as line-out.
Smart phones (and maybe some tablet computers) have a combination mono mic-in and stereo headphone-out that uses a special 4-terminal TRRS connector that’s a little longer than the standard headphone/microphone 3.5mm TRS connector.
I tried to change parameters on Edit -Preferences Menu and default devices on “Sound device”
If you don’t see line-in under “Recording devices”, you computer may not have line-in or it may not be configured as line-in.
If your computer doesn’t have line-in, the [u]Behringer UCA202[/u] is a popular and affordable solution. (Note that most “USB Soundcards” are like laptops with only mic-in and headphone-out.)
Yes, unfortunately I’m sure that there is only one jack-port for sound ! The vendor spec was tricky about that : it mentioned microphone/headphones port and not microphone and headphones ports. I clearly understood that when I got the machine in front of me !
I’m going to ask vendor if there is specific configuration to set-up line-in
And I will consider USB sound card as you suggest me.
Thanks to you
Many Windows laptops have only the Mic-In and Headphone Out because they’re intended to be business communications devices, not generic computers.
http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/PCHeadset.jpg
These are also the Skype connections.
Some very rare machines can switch one connection and even rarer actually have a blue stereo Line-In.
Koz