Recording A Mix Through Turntables Using Audacity...

[josh742]

Hi, I've used Audacity many times before to record a mix through my turntables but recently it has been playing up.
I've tried everything on preferences and it still doesn't work, instead coming out as a muffled recording.
Maybe there is something that can be done to help me?

[kozikowski]

You need to give us more than that. So far we have two turntables sitting alone on a table and a Windows computer. What's between the two?

Koz

[josh742]

oops. A behringer djx700 mixer with booth and tape outputs connected to a Kam soundpack amp and speakers. I have a two way input device which allows me to switch between my decks and my laptop. The way I am using it through audacity is by plugging the "computer" lead into the booth output and putting the lead into the micrpohone slot on my laptop. I think the way I used to do it was through Microsoft Sound Mapper- but anyhow whichever setting it is on now it is not working. The problem is that when I go on playback it comes out distorted and is not recording through the line as it was before.

[kozikowski]

<<<plugging the "computer" lead into the booth output and putting the lead into the micrpohone slot on my laptop>>>

Which is an insane mismatch.

You are putting a high-level, powerful, stereo signal into the computer expecting a tiny, wispy, delicate mono microphone signal.

Unless your computer is one of the oddballs that let's you switch one connector between Stereo Line and Mono Microphone, you'll need to add one of the fine USB devices we reviewed. The UCA-202 seems to be popular.

http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9477

Koz