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Posted by tranceaholic on Aug-27-2004 14:06:

Sound HEEELP

hey everyone,
well thanks to everyones advice i got some gear and i started spinnin now..i had a problem where i wanted to record whatever i am mixing so i can tell how much do i suck and what needs improvment..now problem is my laptop doesnt have a line-in..so i got an external soundcard. i connected the mixer to the line-in but i cant hear shit on the laptop and soundforge isnt detecting any waves at all..i pluged headphones in the soundcard and i can hear fine so the soundcard works ok..however cant get shit on the laptop..so sound is comin in to the soundcard but not the laptop..HELP plzzzzzz

Posted by lyte on Aug-27-2004 16:17:

Re: Sound HEEELP

quote:
Originally posted by tranceaholic
hey everyone,
well thanks to everyones advice i got some gear and i started spinnin now..i had a problem where i wanted to record whatever i am mixing so i can tell how much do i suck and what needs improvment..now problem is my laptop doesnt have a line-in..so i got an external soundcard. i connected the mixer to the line-in but i cant hear shit on the laptop and soundforge isnt detecting any waves at all..i pluged headphones in the soundcard and i can hear fine so the soundcard works ok..however cant get shit on the laptop..so sound is comin in to the soundcard but not the laptop..HELP plzzzzzz

Sound is coming into the soundcard but not the laptop? hehe. Sounds stupid to me

Posted by tranceaholic on Aug-27-2004 16:32:

Re: Re: Sound HEEELP

quote:
Originally posted by lyte
Sound is coming into the soundcard but not the laptop? hehe. Sounds stupid to me

i know..its really wiered..and sounds come out of the laptop to the soundcard..but its not getting in..

Posted by TwoPlow on Aug-27-2004 16:33:

Set your laptop to recieve sound off the external soundcard. If you're in Windows, double click on the volume speaker thing in the system tray, go to properties. Change Mixer Device to the external device.