echo when i record from a tape player

[dypunks]

First off, i have no idea what I am doing. I recently got windows 7 and downloaded the beta version of audacity. I used the old version with XP to record guitar tracks and what not, but thats the extent of my recording knowledge.

All I want to do is record a tape from my tape player onto the damned computer. I plugged the tape player into the line-in spot. It records and everything, but its really echoey.

Obviously i dont want it to do that. the music comes through my computer speakers while it records, i dont know how to make it not do that, and i dont know if that would make any difference.

Please help.

thanks.

[whomper]

First off, i have no idea what I am doing. I recently got windows 7 and downloaded the beta version of audacity. I used the old version with XP to record guitar tracks and what not, but thats the extent of my recording knowledge.

All I want to do is record a tape from my tape player onto the damned computer. I plugged the tape player into the line-in spot. It records and everything, but its really echoey.

Obviously i dont want it to do that. the music comes through my computer speakers while it records, i dont know how to make it not do that, and i dont know if that would make any difference.

Please help.

thanks.

there are many settigns and options
way too many places hiding them
thanks to billyg and his toyota style programmers

if you have realtek sound card try muting stereo mix and the mics under the mixer. ditto the speakers. if that does not do the job hunt down the rest of the places and repeat. there may be as many as 7 places that diddle the audio in windoze.

audacity has some similar choices so pick line in
not sure if it helps to first pick stereomix and zero the slider volume
but i would do it anyway.