Another sound card question

[guaro001]

Hi gurus

I need your help, I have a Vista business computer and the only recording method I have is the microphone, this cant be right, I have a sound card I woud like to use
can any one help me please

Thanks a bunch gurus

HNY

[waxcylinder]

Which soundcard - make & model no.

Onboard soundcard or external USB or Firewire device?

WC

[guaro001]

WC


where do I go and get this model and make without error, device manager?

it has to be on board because I have no USB attached to the laptop

WC, sorry for my ignorance but not to computer savvy, Thanks a bunch for jumping in.

Thanks

[waxcylinder]

The spec for you PC should tell you. Or you should be able to use the Windows Control Panel > Sounds and Audio Devices to find out.

WC

[guaro001]

WC

This is what I have found

the sound card is a

" CONEXANT HIGH DEFINITION SMARTAUDIO 221 "

Thanks again

[waxcylinder]

Ok - so the first thing to do is to ensure that you have the latest device drivers installed for that Soundcard. If you Google CONEXANT HIGH DEFINITION SMARTAUDIO 221 this should give you several sites where the latest drivers can be downloaded.

WC

[guaro001]

WC

I have the latest driver for my conexant soundcard from Lenovo, I installed it as per request but the only thing I see now beside the internal mic, is an external mic but nothing else is available.

1) control panel->sounds->Recording________ external mic
Internal Mic

but nothing else is there even when I right click on the blank space and click on the show hidden devices

what else can I try WC

Thanks foir battling here with me

[waxcylinder]

The input devices that you get are entirely dependent on the soundcard that you have and the associated drivers - it varies bt computer and by soundcard. Increasingly manufacturers seem to be removing the functionality to record what is playing on the computer (e.g. live streaming from the Internet) - presumably to try to circumvent piracy.

You can work around this by using an external USB soundcard (see this sticky thread: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=27&t=9477) - you can then loopback the outputs of the soundcard to its inputs - and set Windows and Audacity so that Audio input and output is targetted on the external soundcard. This thread may give you some more insight: http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=37&t=4825

You don't actually say what you are trying to record - is it what is playing on your computer - or are you trying to record from a turntable/cassette deck/radio?

WC

[guaro001]

WC

Just radio music , I did not have any problem with my xp pro, but once I got this lenovo w700 ds 64bit, the whole think came downn.

Thanks a bunch and I will follow your links

Thanks again

[waxcylinder]

I record FM radio by feeding the outputs of my wife's old Technics FM tuner into the inputs of my Edirol UA-1EX soundcard and thence into PC and Audacity via USB - Gives excellent results.

WC