Recording from decks to laptop!
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and the exact three-section version number of Audacity from "Help menu > About Audacity".
Audacity 1.2.x and 1.3.x are obsolete and no longer supported. If you still have those versions, please upgrade at https://www.audacityteam.org/download/.
The old forums for those versions are now closed, but you can still read the archives of the 1.2.x and 1.3.x forums.
Recording from decks to laptop!
I am struggling to record from my decks to my laptop. I have a jack lead coming from my master socket on my mixer into a soundcard and have tried every combination from the drop down menus and looked through the help manual on the website. The closest i have come to getting any sound is a static sound. I'm not sure if the soundcard is rubbish as when i tried to change it to the 2-channel 16-bit, there wasn't this option. Any help would be much appreciated!!
Re: Recording from decks to laptop!
You should be able to get some sound, but the mic-input on your laptop is wrong for the mic-input on your laptop. 
Unless your laptop has a line-input, you need an external interface. The Berhinger UCA202 is usually the lowest cost solution. There are all kinds of higher-end audio interfaces with various input options, but most regular "USB soundcards" are like laptops, with only mic-in and headphone out.
Unless your laptop has a line-input, you need an external interface. The Berhinger UCA202 is usually the lowest cost solution. There are all kinds of higher-end audio interfaces with various input options, but most regular "USB soundcards" are like laptops, with only mic-in and headphone out.Re: Recording from decks to laptop!
Cheers for the reply, i will try that out! Thanks 