Oct222012

How can I record audio on my laptop?

Sheldon Swartz asks:

My new Sony Vaio computer running Windows 7 64-bit does not have any audio input except microphone. When I record anything from within my own computer, or from a Website, it’s distorted and in mono. Is there a fix for this? Thanks!!


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Ahmed Khalil

Thanks for the shared article

October 22, 2012
Ahmed Khalil

how to use this devise

USB 2.0 Virtual 7.1 Channel Audio Sound Card Adapter USA Ship

October 22, 2012
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Boni Oloff

October 22, 2012

No, you need to buy a more advanced tools. If you are serious you need to provide a sound system that will record sound in a better quality. My friend use a sound system to make tutorials, so the sound will not be so bad.

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Siddhant Chaurasia

October 22, 2012

you can use audacity

Ahmed Khalil

what is audacity is it software ?? it is not clear for me

October 22, 2012
Siddhant Chaurasia

audacity is software to record and edit audio for free. It is available for windows, mac and linux. Go ahead and download it from here

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

October 23, 2012
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Shel

October 22, 2012

Seems as if nobody read my question properly, so I dug around and found the solution that worked, although it cost me $18.

Total Recorder (I don’t sell it) enables my computer to record like “stereo mix” whether from online audio sources (such as Youtube) or from within my own PC (use Adobe Audition).

Simple install, simple to use, and it works. I found it via someone else’s tip somewhere.

totalrecorder.com

BTW, Stereo Mix IS part of Windows 7. Depends on the PC manufacturer. My PC is by Sony, which also is a music-producing Powerhouse. Thus the sound card does NOT have anything but a microphone in and speaker out, to discourage people from recording audio from online sources. Sony’s tech support confirmed that with me, directly.

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Sai Kelly

October 22, 2012

Have you tried an M AUDIO or equivalent Audio / Midi interface?

http://www.m-audio.com/products/en_us/ProToolsMPMobilePre.html

I had one that was firewire and USB which worked a treat when i had no input jack.

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Vishal Mishra

October 23, 2012

you can use audacity, it’s really great and if you want some more options look here:-http://www.makeuseof.com/tag/6-awesome-alternatives-to-audacity-for-recording-and-editing-audio/