I am trying to record from Spotify, but I can only get the laptop (windows 8.1 Toshiba) to record capturing the room sound. It does not record directly from the computer. I have tried all sorts of settings for import and microphone, but get the same results. Please advise.
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Recording Streaming music [SOLVED]
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Re: Recording Streaming music
It depends on your drivers. Select WASAPI loopback, or possibly Stereo Mix as your recording device, instead of your laptop's built-in mic. More information here.
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Re: Recording Streaming music
Isn't this illegal? It's copyrighted stuff, after all.
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Re: Recording Streaming music
http://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic ... 87#p284287Oh, I know how it works. I was just wondering if the result would be any better with the CD ripped version. i know the drums would still disappear, but would the quality be a bit better as opposed to the MP3?
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Isn't ripping a copyrighted CD illegal?
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Re: Recording Streaming music
For the record I am trying to capture a track that has been destroyed on my actual cd. Bottom line, we should be able to capture sound directly from the laptop without picking up ambient sound in the room.
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Re: Recording Streaming music
Which you can if you study the link Doug gave you: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... ndows.html.csatennis wrote:we should be able to capture sound directly from the laptop without picking up ambient sound in the room.
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Re: Recording Streaming music
I'm no lawyer, but my understanding is that it varies by country - See: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ripping#Legalitykozikowski wrote:Isn't ripping a copyrighted CD illegal?
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Re: Recording Streaming music
I have tried every possible setting on Audacity and it still picks up room noise. If you want I can do a screen capture of any setting anyone thinks will work.
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Re: Recording Streaming music
Instead of trying every possible setting, try using the settings in this link that are intended to record computer playback: http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... ndows.html.csatennis wrote:I have tried every possible setting on Audacity and it still picks up room noise. If you want I can do a screen capture of any setting anyone thinks will work.
If you have a broken system that records from the internal microphone irrespective of your choice of recording device, try disabling the internal microphone in Windows Sound.
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Re: Recording Streaming music
My recording device option shows up as Microphone, not stereo mix. I am using Audacity 2.1.1