Raindrop recording background effects

[kostamegas]

Hi, I'm trying to record background efects with a program called Raindrop that I want playing in the background.
I'm trying to figure out how to do this with Audacity but it doesn't seem to be "hearing" the background effects.
When I record, nothing ends up being recorded.
What am I doing wrong?

Thanks

[kozikowski]

<<<that I want playing in the background.>>>

The background of what?

Koz

[kozikowski]

Oh. I think I see. You just want to record the effect period. What kind of computer do you have?

Koz

[kostamegas]

Hi thanks for your response.
I want to record a background sound effect and my voice over it.
I'm having trouble recording the background sound effect track.
My voice track is coming out ok but when I save it in Audacity's format I can only reopen it in short (10 second) increments, do you know why this is?
I'm using a Sony Vaio laptop.
Thanks for any help.

[kozikowski]

So I was right the first time.

You might be able to get this effect by recording the computer's Mix-Out or What U Hear. This is buried in the Windows control panels unless you have Vista.

Windows Control Panel
http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... trol_Panel

Hoever, typically, you can't do two things at once, so you might need to record the three minutes of rain and mix that in with your voice later.

<<<My voice track is coming out ok but when I save it in Audacity's format I can only reopen it in short (10 second) increments, do you know why this is?>>>

Full or fragmented hard drive? Audacity will not work into either one.

Oh, wait. Audacity doesn't have a "Format" and it doesn't save sound files. Audacity saves Projects which are multiple files -- sometimes thousands -- some audio, some not.

Export your performance as WAV to get a stand-alone sound file you can use for further production and editing.

Koz

[kostamegas]

Thanks for the help, I'll try it out.