Audacity Forum

I have an HP proBook and W7 Pro.

In the Audacity perferences - devices I have: Host=MME or Windows direct sound; Recording device= SoundMax (Integrated digital HD audio) or Primary sound capture driver.

In the control Panel Sound I have only a microphone as a recording device.

When I record as in the title I get recording picked up from the Laptop speakers via the microphone which is not satifactory.

How do I pick up the sound internally (I have looked at the advice on http://audacityteam.org/help/faq?s=reco ... =streaming but to no avail)?

There's another one of those...

http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recor ... e_computer

The good news is, some computers don't. More and more modern Windows machines are dropping out of the factory with no convenient way to record computer sound. For a while there, the tools were just hidden, now they're gone.

You can go the messy analog route with a USB sound card like the UCA202 and cross connecting wires, or a money-based product like Total Recorder.

http://www.highcriteria.com/

Koz

how do you initiate audacity from a browser ?

do you mean you want to record stuff from the internet ?
or
you dont want the speakers playing while you record ?
or what ??

guessing at what your real question was
i dont think that soundmax can do what you want
realtek usually can
an external interface could

Yes, if I open up a music source site in a browser and stream the music to play on the machine, I want to be able to have Audacity open and record the music as it is played. I will investigate the other options you suggest and if you have a better idea doing it this way then I would be grateful to know it. Many thanks.

cantthinkofanickname wrote:Yes, if I open up a music source site in a browser and stream the music to play on the machine, I want to be able to have Audacity open and record the music as it is played....

i dont know how to get audacity to open automatically
but if you can play the sound
and **IF** your card supports it
you could manually open audacity and record

i do NOT think soundmax supports it
but maybe you have a newer one

really suspect that your only choice is an external interface
and manually starting audacity

<<<really suspect that your only choice is an external interface
and manually starting audacity>>>

Or money-based software.

Koz

Also worth mentioning that Audacity 1.2.6 is known to have multiple problems on Windows 7. For Vista and Windows 7 you should use Audacity 1.3.12.

cantthinkofanickname wrote:(I have looked at the advice on http://audacityteam.org/help/fa ... =streaming but to no avail)?

Did you followed the link to this page: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... trol_Panel and try the step to "Show disabled devices" and "Show Disconnected Devices"?