Two sound cards in the same machine...

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Two sound cards in the same machine...

Post by RedPenguin » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:13 pm

Alright, I often do radio scanner recordings, which I believe Audacity can really help me out.

I have two scanners and have a second sound card that I can put in to my 1.5GHZ/512MB machine.

I was wondering if I use Audacity, can I have one instance use Soundcard A and record, but have a second instance, record Sound Card B?

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Re: Two sound cards in the same machine...

Post by steve » Sat Jan 10, 2009 3:57 pm

I doubt it, but give it a go and let us know how you get on.
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Re: Two sound cards in the same machine...

Post by kozikowski » Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:35 pm

In a word, no. Audacity will only work with one sound device at a time and you can only have one Audacity running.

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Re: Two sound cards in the same machine...

Post by kozikowski » Sat Jan 10, 2009 8:41 pm

That's not to say you can't record both scanners. Buy the splitter cables to put scanner A on the left and scanner B on the right. Record the whole thing and split up the stereo show into mono tracks later.

This could easily hum and buzz if you have an antenna on the roof.

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