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Posted by magik_ss on Jun-13-2007 20:41:

Audacity and Final Scratch

Hi,
I recently downloaded Audacity in hope of recording my sets while playing with Final Scratch 1.5 (1.5 doesn't have recording capabilities).
What do I need or how do I configure Audacoty with FS so I can record while playing records?

Thanks

magik

Posted by Dj Spiel on Jun-13-2007 23:24:

Why not use soundforge?

Posted by skip on Jun-14-2007 09:32:

quote:
Originally posted by Dj Spiel
Why not use soundforge?

because audacity is free and does everything what's needed here (and does it well too).
for recording with audacity (or any recording program) connect one of your mixer's outputs to the line in of your sound card and start recording.

Posted by magik_ss on Jun-14-2007 14:28:

On my soundcard, I see only input for mic and headphones.
Can I use headphones input instead?
On the mixer (Xone 62) I have 6 channels (4 phone, 2 mic) and record out, mono out, aux out and booth - which one I should use? One of the outs?

What kind of cable I need?

Thanks for your help!!!

magik

Posted by xtr3m on Jun-14-2007 18:54:

I've stumbled upon a problem yesterday trying to record a mix with Torq. It seems that M-Audio sound driver rendered my line-in useless: all it records is the timecode sound, even if there's nothing plugged into mic. I tried all kinds of combinations in the sound control panel to no avail.

Posted by s3nate on Jun-15-2007 00:57:

Do what I did.

Connect a cable that splits into 2 RCA male sockets. Connect the RCA side to your mixer and the other to your microphone socket on your computer.

Posted by skip on Jun-15-2007 05:50:

do NOT record from the mic input. you're going to get bad quality recordings that are probably mono too. record using line in.

and magik_ss, you can't record using the headphone jack as it's output, not input. you have to check if your mic jack doubles as a line in jack (some do). if not, you can use the mic jack to record but the sound quality will not be very good. i'd suggest getting a proper sound card if your current one doesn't have a line in jack in it.

Posted by AnomalyConcept on Jun-15-2007 17:50:

Is Final Scratch an external or internal mixer? If it's external, your only option is to use the Mic line, but it's usually mono and the quality is poor.

If the output is from the computer (eg. computer program) itself, you can set the recording source to be the stereo output.

In the case of the latter, here's how you set it up (under Windows):
start > run > sndvol32 (anything reasonable under Vista)
Options > properties, choose 'adjust volume for recording'
check the 'stereo mixer' or whatever it's named.

For some reason I don't have that option on this computer, but in every other instance I've found it to be there. Maybe it's due to the restrictions or hardware in this laptop.

Posted by magik_ss on Jun-15-2007 18:48:

Thanks guys!
I think I have pretty basic sound card on my laptop. I'll try with mic port but which cable I should use?
I assume that it goes from laptop (mic) to "record out" on the mixer?

magik

Posted by s3nate on Jun-16-2007 18:03:

quote:
Originally posted by skip
do NOT record from the mic input. you're going to get bad quality recordings that are probably mono too. record using line in.

and magik_ss, you can't record using the headphone jack as it's output, not input. you have to check if your mic jack doubles as a line in jack (some do). if not, you can use the mic jack to record but the sound quality will not be very good. i'd suggest getting a proper sound card if your current one doesn't have a line in jack in it.

I get good quality recordings that are in stereo. I think my microphone port is also used as a line-in port as well.