distortion sound on win 7 with an external sound card

[kiriazy]

Hello,

i've been using audacity v, 1.2.6 on my old win vista, so i upgraded to win 7 for better performance, & now im using the new beta version as u recomended.

i am trying to record from a DJ mixer using external sound card behringer uca 202 & i tried all the possible settings but not solved.

i tried 44100 hz, 16 bit, 2 stereo channels, microphone (usb audio codec) which is my old used settings on my previous windows nut still doesn't work properly.

so i tried to customize all the available settings inc. the sound card properties & all the diff. sample rates & too low levels but still distorted.

i've been a while editing my djing application & my laptop to record better performance but now i cannot even record anything so plz help me i donno what to do & i am dieing to record some mixes.

respects.

[steve]

Getting the settings right in Audacity is the easy bit - it sounds like you had that all set up right straight away.
In the Audacity Preferences:

USB codec
2 channel (stereo)
44100 Hz

However, on Windows 7 you also need to set up the same settings in the Control Panel. I don't use Win 7 myself, so I'll just direct you to the page about this on the Audacity wiki and hopefully you can work it out: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer ... trol_Panel

[kiriazy]

well, i tried all these settings alos with no difference,

even i tried to make the recording without connecting any device to the sound card, it gives me a zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz distorted low sound.

any other ideas ?????


Best Regards.

[steve]

it gives me a zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz distorted low sound.

Try making a recording of that zzzz, then look at it with the "Plot Spectrum" tool (in the Analyze menu).
Does it show a series of decreasing spikes at 50Hz, 100Hz, 150Hz, 200Hz.... or 60Hz, 120Hz, 180Hz, 240Hz...

After recording the zzzz, stop Audacity, then use "safely remove hardware" and unplug the UCA-202. Does Windows allow you to safely disconnect? If not, just pull the USB plug out. Now press "Record" on Audacity - do you get an error message?