Which PCs allow recording sound from soundcard?

Post by **waxcylinder** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 1:39 pm

Robert J. H. wrote:It is far more important that the laptop has a proper line-in connection, it is something that a lot of people miss after a short while.

Easily worked around, if you need line-level input, by buying the relatively cheap Behringer UCA202 (or the UFI202 if you record from vinyl) - which has the advantage that as it is an external device it can be transferred for comport to computer.

WC

Post by **Gale Andrews** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:05 pm

waxcylinder wrote: WASAPI host available in 2.0.4 (and the up-coming 2.0.5) should allow W7/W8 PCs to record audio playing on the computer.

Yes and WASAPI loopback is available on Vista too.

Gale

Robert2 · Post by **Robert2** » Sat Oct 19, 2013 9:42 pm

What about Windows WDM-KS? Will it be left out for good, or will it be reintroduced in later versions of Audacity? As things stand, WDM-KS works best on my PC!

Also what about What You Hear Audio Recorder, which claims to be able to record all streaming audio on a computer?

Same question regarding Free Sound Recorder?

And what about the article at How to record what you hear in Windows 8?

Bastette · Post by **Bastette** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:01 am

Could I buy an external sound card and connect it to a laptop, hopefully via USB? (Or do you need to replace the original sound card with another internal one?) Either way, maybe I could bypass the whole problem, if I can find a sound card that has the right input and output ports (line in/out, etc.)

Then again, someone did say that some manufacturers disable stereo mix on the motherboard. Ugh. I have to say, not being anything close to a pro at this, I find a lot of it confusing. Right now, I just want to know that, whatever Windows 7 machine I end up buying (laptop, desktop, whatever manufacturer), there IS a solution. I can research the particulars once I have the new computer.

Thanks again.

Post by **kozikowski** » Sun Oct 20, 2013 2:15 am

This is a Behringer UCA-202. It has very nice Stereo Line-In and Stereo Line-Out. Connect them together (Instead of the mixer) and select them in Windows Control Panels and Audacity Devices.

http://www.kozco.com/tech/audacity/pix/ ... Lenovo.jpg

It even gives you a place to plug headphones or larger sound system, so you don't need the Y cables. It takes the place of your internal soundcard.

Koz

Bastette · Post by **Bastette** » Mon Oct 21, 2013 12:52 am

kozikowski wrote:This is a Behringer UCA-202....
It even gives you a place to plug headphones or larger sound system, so you don't need the Y cables. It takes the place of your internal soundcard.

When you say it takes the place of the internal soundcard, you're referring to the ports (line-in/out, etc), is that correct? You're not saying that it is a soundcard (or functions as one)?

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