Really need help. Do i even have a recording device?

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Hallm
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Really need help. Do i even have a recording device?

Post by Hallm » Mon Jan 26, 2009 11:55 pm

After tying to use mp3mymp3 :oops: and fiddling around with that i downloaded Audacity.
1st thing i do is click record and i get ther error message :
error while chcking sound device please check input device settings and project saple rate.

so i google it a couple of times and try all these remedys , even some from theese forums, but still to no avail.
when i go to preferences it is like this...:
playback -
2 options - microsoft sound mapper - output
- speakers (realtek high defini
Recording
device -
- NO OPTIONS !? <( thats with either microsoft sound mapper or realtek speakers used)

im using windows vista on a dell inspiron 530s i think ? :? like i said im not that computer literate.
ive used a driver detective (poorly) and it said there was nothing wrong wh the realtek ditriver and am really up shit creek.
bit of a novice when it comes to this sort of thing and would greatly apprecieate any help.
matt

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Re: Really need help. Do i even have a recording device?

Post by steve » Tue Jan 27, 2009 12:45 am

Vista is rather a pain in this (and other) respects..

First thing to do is to download Audacity 1.3 beta (it works better than 1.2 on Vista).
It is not essential to uninstall Audacity1.2, but you may as well.

Read this before installing Audacity 1.3
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... s_Vista_OS

Pay particular attention to these two sections:
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... ility_Mode
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... ng_devices
9/10 questions are answered in the FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS (FAQ)

Hallm
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Re: Really need help. Do i even have a recording device?

Post by Hallm » Tue Jan 27, 2009 3:17 pm

Wow i didnt think it would be that simple, theres me downlaoding sound cards and stuff an all i needed was a beta :P version.
thanks so much, sorry for being a nuisance.
matt

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