Poor Audio being recorded

[g4vvq1983]

Hi there, when i record audio it doesnt come out as well as it sounds direct of the website, BBC for instance, using latest version of audicity, using the stereo input and not the the internal Microphones, though i have tried both, using HP laptop wth windows 8.1, i havent changed any of the defualt settings, believe it is set on CD quailty, the input slider doesnt seem to do much, the input level is always very low, nothing in windows i can find to turn up, the only way i can get it louder is to turn the volume right up, then it distors and sounds hollow....think if i could get te input level up higher it might be ok...has Dolby system on here,,,but cant see anything to turn up that isnt already up....any offers please, any older recording that were done on previous laptop play ok on this one, so seems mre to do with initial recording...from Fred in Essex UK.

[Gale Andrews]

Hi there, when i record audio it doesnt come out as well as it sounds direct of the website, BBC for instance, using latest version of audicity, using the stereo input and not the the internal Microphones, though i have tried both, using HP laptop wth windows 8.1, i havent changed any of the defualt settings, believe it is set on CD quailty, the input slider doesnt seem to do much, the input level is always very low, nothing in windows i can find to turn up, the only way i can get it louder is to turn the volume right up, then it distors and sounds hollow....think if i could get te input level up higher it might be ok...has Dolby system on here,,,but cant see anything to turn up that isnt already up....any offers please, any older recording that were done on previous laptop play ok on this one, so seems mre to do with initial recording...from Fred in Essex UK.

First make sure you have copyright holders' permission to record - you probably don't if it's the BBC.
You can however download from BBC iPlayer and keep the show for 30 days.

You can download videos from some popular sites like YouTube using a browser extension - use your favourite search engine to find out how. If you add FFmpeg to your computer ( http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/fa ... tml#ffdown ) you can drag the downloaded video into Audacity and it will extract the audio for you. You lose no quality this way - the audio is as good or bad as it is in the video.

If you record live you should use either stereo mix or Windows WASAPI loopback - see http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... ndows.html.


Gale

[waxcylinder]

First make sure you have copyright holders' permission to record - you probably don't if it's the BBC.

The BBC has been very grateful in recent years for amateur recordists (audio and video) who "saved" shows that the BBC in their infinite wisdom thought fit to trash in the bin of "re-usable tape" !!!

[Gale Andrews]

First make sure you have copyright holders' permission to record - you probably don't if it's the BBC.

The BBC has been very grateful in recent years for amateur recordists (audio and video) who "saved" shows that the BBC in their infinite wisdom thought fit to trash in the bin of "re-usable tape" !!!

Indeed.

But then do the BBC in accepting the amateur recordists' submissions assume or reassume copyright?


Gale

[waxcylinder]

First make sure you have copyright holders' permission to record - you probably don't if it's the BBC.

The BBC has been very grateful in recent years for amateur recordists (audio and video) who "saved" shows that the BBC in their infinite wisdom thought fit to trash in the bin of "re-usable tape" !!!

Indeed.

But then do the BBC in accepting the amateur recordists' submissions assume or reassume copyright?

IANAL but my understanding is that they retain the copyright whatever.

BTW the other folk who are often grateful for amateur good quality recordings off the BBC (and certain internet webcast stations) are the original artists as Aunty Beeb never deems fit to supply the performing artist with a good copy of their live work - which is a real shame as the Beeb recording engineers are *so* darn good.

And mostly the Beeb archives such recordings and they never see the light of day again, which is often a real shame ...

Peter.

P.S. Anyone out there got any "archive recordings" of the late Alexis Korner's radio shows on the BBC R2? I can arrange some swapsies

[g4vvq1983]

First make sure you have copyright holders' permission to record - you probably don't if it's the BBC.

The BBC has been very grateful in recent years for amateur recordists (audio and video) who "saved" shows that the BBC in their infinite wisdom thought fit to trash in the bin of "re-usable tape" !!!

Hi All, no its not that, the music comes into the laptop ok, and sounds perfects, its just when i record the incoming sound with Audicty and play it back it sounds pretty poor, its better using the internal Microphones on the laptop that using the Stereo input, which i assume is what you should use.....i use windows 8.1 from Fred.

[g4vvq1983]

Hi Gale i tried stereo mix, the recorded auadio sounds quiet hollow and distorted, if i use Windows WASAPI loopback it will record the audio but not play it back, the best reproduction i can get is with the laptops internal microphones....shouldnt be right...i was just recording incoming sound via the bbc iplayer..as it came in...i dont think you need copyright permission if it is just for personal use i might be wrong....Fred.

[g4vvq1983]

I think we might be straying from the point here, ok forget the BBC, if i record anything even music files on my laptop or anything that doesnt have copyright the sound still comes out the same, good on Mics and poor on stereo mix setting...Fred.

[Gale Andrews]

i tried stereo mix, the recorded auadio sounds quiet hollow and distorted

Have you turned off Transport > Software Playthrough?

If so, post an example of what it sounds like. See How to post an audio sample.

if i use Windows WASAPI loopback it will record the audio but not play it back

At its simplest, you can change host back to MME when you want to play what you recorded.

i was just recording incoming sound via the bbc iplayer..as it came in

As I said, you can download the shows and keep them for 30 days.


Gale

[Gale Andrews]

I think we might be straying from the point here, ok forget the BBC, if i record anything even music files on my laptop or anything that doesnt have copyright the sound still comes out the same, good on Mics and poor on stereo mix setting...Fred.

Perhaps you don't have the correct drivers for your sound device. See Updating Sound Device Drivers - Audacity Wiki.

Gale