Recording from internal soundcard

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Recording from internal soundcard

Post by fluoroheart » Mon Dec 26, 2011 5:49 pm

Hi, I make music using samples from films, youtube clips, television programs songs etc. and do so by recording directly from my internal soundcloud into audacity. I got a new laptop recently and have set it up to do this as I did with my old one. However when I hit record in audacity, the sound goes quieter and a bit muffled like there's a low-pass filter applied. As soon as I hit stop, the sound returns to normal. Does anyone know what the problem might be, and how to fix it? Thanks.

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Re: Recording from internal soundcard

Post by kozikowski » Mon Dec 26, 2011 7:35 pm

You may be trying to record your built-in microphone. You get a show when you do that, but it usually sounds pretty awful.

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Some newer computers just can't do this at all.

There are programs which do this no matter what Windows does.

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