Audacity cannot record on other computer...

[GruntOfAction]

By "better" computer I assume you mean a more modern one, right? If so this may be the cause of your problem. The choices that you get in that input selector dropdown are entirely dependent on your particular computer, its operating system, the soundcard and its associated drivers.

See this from the Wiki: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... bar_Issues

So it is not uncommon that two particular PCs that you run will offer entirely different options in those boxes.

Are you using XP on both PCs? Are the soundcards in those PCs the same or different? If they are the same, do you have the same versions of the drivers for the soundcards loaded on both PCs?

WC

Both PCs run XP, and the soundcards are different for sure. The one that works has drivers from 2003 and the other that doesn't has drivers from 2007...

[GruntOfAction]

Not sure if bumping is against the rules, but I haven't been given a working solution yet...

[kozikowski]

It's not against the rules, but it's pretty scary because it means that in 24 time zones, nobody has a solution for you. Audacity can not be forced to access sound that Windows will not manage. No Windows services, no Audacity.

All three major computer systems work like that. We're not singling out Windows users.

So you're in the wrong forum. You should be in forums how to get Windows to do what you want.

Koz

[GruntOfAction]

It's not against the rules, but it's pretty scary because it means that in 24 time zones, nobody has a solution for you. Audacity can not be forced to access sound that Windows will not manage. No Windows services, no Audacity.

All three major computer systems work like that. We're not singling out Windows users.

So you're in the wrong forum. You should be in forums how to get Windows to do what you want.

Koz

Well dang. Looks like I'll have to sell my Guitar and all that, because I won't be able to record with it anymore.

[kozikowski]

Maybe not with the computer. There are other ways to record live performances. Many people use the Zoom recorders H2 through H4 or they maybe even higher now, as well as other personal recorders. Then transfer the work into Audacity for post production and conversion to final format.

Koz

[GruntOfAction]

Maybe not with the computer. There are other ways to record live performances. Many people use the Zoom recorders H2 through H4 or they maybe even higher now, as well as other personal recorders. Then transfer the work into Audacity for post production and conversion to final format.

Koz

I guess that could work. I'll just have to find a way around the issue I guess.

[waxcylinder]

...There are other ways to record live performances. Many people use the Zoom recorders H2 through H4 ...

Or you could consider using one of the external soundcards that we know work well with Audacity - see: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9477

Nil desperandum ...

WC