Sound on computor

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stardust2003
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Sound on computor

Post by stardust2003 » Thu Dec 12, 2019 4:46 pm

Hi
Ive got sound playing on my computor
Ive got audacity up ... but no sound signal in there
my current settings are .....

windows wasap
lin in realteck hi def
2 stereo recording
speakers realtek hi def audi

thanks for comments and suggestions

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Re: Sound on computor

Post by steve » Thu Dec 12, 2019 4:54 pm

Set the recording device to "Speakers (loopback)"
The name of the device may be slightly different, but it will include the word "loopback".
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Re: Sound on computor

Post by stardust2003 » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:07 pm

thanks

changed to .....realtek hi def audio loopback ... and that seems to have solved the prob !

Im also sometimes putting audio into my comp from a pioneer music centre...
spose I may have to change things for that !

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Re: Sound on computor

Post by steve » Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:17 pm

stardust2003 wrote:
Thu Dec 12, 2019 5:07 pm
Im also sometimes putting audio into my comp from a pioneer music centre...
spose I may have to change things for that !
If your music centre is plugged into "line in", then yes you will just need to change Audacity's recording device back to "line in realtek hi def"
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Re: Sound on computor

Post by stardust2003 » Fri Dec 13, 2019 7:59 pm

YES think I ve got it worked out now

3 sockets at back of my comp .... pink .... green ..... blue

the pink must be a kind of sensitive input for audio ... say microphones
the green ... not sure ... could be audio output ?

the blue must be a more robust input for audio.... line in from a music centre for eg

I may be wrong but thats my current take on it !

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Re: Sound on computor

Post by steve » Fri Dec 13, 2019 8:09 pm

Standard color codes are shown here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_card#Color_codes

Yes it's pink for mic input and pale blue for line input.
Lime green is main stereo out.
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