no record from in laptop audio

[chopper63d]

im trying to chop mix edit 3 songs into a 3 min songs for a dance that my friend wanted to mix for her.
im using dj zulu software to mix fade in and out from the 3 songs. but when i try to use audacity to record what im mixing, audacity doesnt pick up the audio that im record. im not using any kind of mics. i tryed taking the stereo in mono in options but nothing. im doing on my laptop. ive done this on a desktop no problem. but im having that problem with my laptop

[kozikowski]

That's "Recording audio playing on the computer." Your software doesn't let you export or save a sound file?

The Line-Out (headphone) connection on a Windows laptop tends to not match the Mic-In. They're not mirrors of each other. On a desktop machine, you can get Line-In and Line-Out and use those as a desperation move. Anyway, see if any of this works.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/help/man ... puter.html

Some newer Windows laptops will not allow you to record yourself. For them, you need extra software such as Total Recorder.

Koz

[steve]

It might be easier to just mix it on Audacity rather than wrestling with "Stereo Mix" recording.