cannot record

[JHarp]

Hi

Can anyone help me on this:

I'm trying to record sound from an external Sound Device through my onboard sound chip. Now the sound can be heard, so it looks like its working ok so long. I can also control it with the systems audio control features. Now when I try to record it with Music Maker or another sound recording tool, its not working. It looks like if the recording software has no access to the sound that is comming in.

My System is Windows XP Prof. Unfortunately I do not have the money to buy a good sound card now, so it should work this way for the moment.

Thanks for any help
Jan

 

[mapeterson]

Check out your sound properties to make sure that your sound card that what ever input you are useing is selected as your prefered device ie line in, mic , midi, voice modem, any (unless you are recording a midi line in should be your choice). Sometimes if it says any it goes through the motion but selects the wrong input. Also make sure whatever software you are useing recognized your prefered device and that can probably be found under a dropdown and will say something like settings, preferences or options. I am not familiar with your machine or software but these would be places to start. Another good place is to go to the manufacture's site and find out what sound card chipset and possibly the capabilities of it and troubleshooting and set up.

 

[TimOBrien]

Have you installed any other software lately?

Some will muck with your audio settings (don'cha love Windows?)

 

[moskus]

...or perhaps the soundcard is not Full Duplex? That means you cannot record while the soundcard is playing back audio.

And a new soundcard like SB Live! or SB Audigy shouldn't cost you much.....

 

[elevate]

I don't know if you've tried this, but anyway...
Right click on your little speaker icon in the system tray and select 'open volume controls' (if you don't have the speaker icon, you get it by going to the Control Panel, opening Sounds and Multimedia Properties, and clicking the 'Show volume control on the task bar'). Go to Options and select Properties. Select the Recording radio button and make sure the input you want to use has a check by it. Hit ok, and now your Volume Control window is a Recording Control window (you can have both open at once by opening volume controls again from the system tray, this is quite handy when using a sound card without its own mixer software). You can now select the input you want to use and set its level. You can adjust the volume you hear it at by using its volume slider on the Volume Control window.

Hope this works for ya.