windows 7 problem

[eqctim]

im trying to record music on to my computer off the internet and when i go to the tool bar that is supposed to give me my options of where i want to record from all it says is master in the box and no other options any ideas

[whomper]

not from that description. tell us explicitly in detail what hardware and software you are using, what all the options/settings are, and what you did to try to record.

[steve]

For Windows 7 you should be using Audacity 1.3.12 (see here: http://audacityteam.org/download/ and download from here: http://audacityteam.org/download/beta_windows )

See here for special notes concerning Windows 7: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Windows_7_OS

In particular, note that;

In Windows XP and earlier, recording inputs such as "microphone" or "stereo mix" could be selected in the Audacity Mixer Toolbar. Currently, the newer audio API in both Windows Vista and 7 means that inputs must be selected in Audacity at Edit > Preferences: Devices.

Additionally, Audacity is subject to operating system and driver behaviour that inputs are often not exposed to audio software by default. The user must go to the system mixer, make the disabled and disconnected inputs visible, then enable the required one (and connect a cable to it in the case of a physical input such as mic or line-in). For help doing this, see our Mixer Tooolbar page.

The "Mixer Toolbar page" is here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer ... es#vistacp