recording without room ambiance

[bbossin]

How can I record audio (say the audio track of a Youtube video) without getting the room ambience picked up by the computer's built-in mic? Is Audacity recording directly from the track that is playing or is it recording via the mic which is picking up the sound from the built-in speaker? In an earlier version of Audacity or perhaps an earlier version of Windows, I didn't have this problem. I am using Audacity 2.1.3 with Windows 10. Could you send a copy of your answer to my email bobATbossinDOTcom? Thanks. bb

[kozikowski]

Could you send a copy of your answer to my email bobATbossinDOTcom? Thanks. bb

That would be no. This isn't a help desk. It's a forum with volunteers and users helping each other. Also, we try to keep discussions on the forum so many people can benefit from the work.

https://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tut ... puter.html

Koz

[Trebor]

How can I record audio (say the audio track of a Youtube video) without getting the room ambience picked up by the computer's built-in mic? Is Audacity recording directly from the track that is playing or is it recording via the mic which is picking up the sound from the built-in speaker? In an earlier version of Audacity or perhaps an earlier version of Windows, I didn't have this problem. I am using Audacity 2.1.3 with Windows 10.

You can configure Audacity to record the computer-output only, (not the microphone),
see ... viewtopic.php?p=358615#p358615

[bbossin]

Worked! Not only that I think I can navigate the forum. Well a little anyway. Thanks, Koz et al.