disable laptop mic and turn off input volume: possible?

[DeanTaylor]

hello

how would I turn off the laptop mic to avoid extraneous sounds--car traffic outside, etc.--from reaching the recording?

also...is it possible to turn off the source output and still have the audio recorded? For example, I have listened to an internet audio interview, I wish to record it, but I would rather not listen to it again at the moment while I record it. Is this possible?

Thank you

Dean

[kozikowski]

You're currently recording the laptop microphone and presenting the shows from the laptop speakers, yes? It's easy and easy to understand, but the down asideis you also get the dogs barking down the road.

You can record direct from the birstreams on many computers and avoid all that.

-- Record Internet
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Recor ... e_computer
http://wiki.audacityteam.org/wiki/Mixer ... trol_Panel

If none of that applies to you, you might be able to use a separate software package like Total Recorder and FreeCorder.

Koz