Cannot get Audacity working

[tomsrone]

Reference: Audacity Tutorial: How to Record and Edit Audio with Audacity


I have tried my best to get Audacity working on my computer. I have followed all the suggestions offered by your many pages of helpful advice but I have not been able to get Audacity set up so that I can record Audio (songs) from my tape player.

I have A receiver attached to my computer where the sound is piped out of the computer to the following: In order to hear what is coming out each device, the switch must be pressed for that device. Sound from that device is then heard through the speakers.

DVD/6CH
CD/DVD
AUX
TUNER
VIDEO 1
VIDEO 2
VIDEO 3
MD/TAPE

I have the following hooked up to the Computer:

KENWOOD Receiver
SONY CD/DVD PLAYER (FOR SOUND ONLY)
PIONEER TAPE PLAYER
3 VIDEO CASSETTE PLAYERS/RECORDERS

4 SPEAKERS

I have most of the software needed for this hookup.;

I have Windows Media Player and I am able to play the tape player and the sound comes over my speakers thru the receiver and through my computer.. I also have iTurnes and Quick Time. I have Windows XP SP2 on this computer and I have Windows Vista Ultimate on another computer. I am using XP now on this computer.

There is no way I can get the tape player to play the tape and then record it on a CD or DVD drive. In fact, I haven’t been able to figure out how to get the sound to even be heard by the CD or DVD recorders. How do I make them hear the sound so that I can record on my CD DVD recorders????

I have key in the Preferences Audio I/O but it doesn't do any good because that makes no changes to the program. I have tried to import but that doesn't do any good either. I must be doing something wrong.

I really hate to go to you this way requesting help in setting this up but I have no choice. I have tried everything. Can you help????

[Wisperbird]

Please elaborate.

Audacity can record from Line-in, Cd-in, microphone, StereoMix (that is what you hear on speakers).
He saves the recorded sound on your harddisk.
You can then convert to wave or MP3.
Using WMP, MediaMonkey or what ever you like, you can then burn a CD.

Wisperbird.