recording mixes

ok, so my laptop just shat itself. it used to have a 'line in' input that i could record mixes quite well. the new one i just bought only has the 'microphone' and 'headphone' input.

my question is, how do i record mixes through the 'microphone' input so it doesn't sound shithouse??

We've been through this before in another thread. You are best off buying a USB audio interface or the like. It depends how much you want to spend but for simple no fuss recording without bells and whistles one of the cheapest and easiest options is a Behringer UCA-202.

Read the other thread here for more details: http://www.adelaidemassive.com/index.php?topic=5059.0

I'm sure there was another thread involving Threshold as well but I can't find it...

There's a good thread about audio interfaces here that's worth a read as well: http://www.adelaidemassive.com/index.php?topic=2498.0


PS. Anyone want to move this to Technical & Classifieds?

so i finally bought that behringer thing. everything is all hooked up to Audacity. Only problem is it won't record. It's not registering any sound input at all. Any helpers?

Make sure the recording interface in Audacity is set to the USB device, it may still be on the default system audio interface (it will most likely be a Realtek device).

I recall there being some issue with ASIO drivers as well. Make sure you grab those.

http://www.behringer.com/EN/Products/UCA202.aspx

i can't choose what input i'd like in Audacity, I remember on the old lappy with more than 1 input I could. Starting to get really frustrated!!!

My advice is to bin Audacity. I used to have no end of problems with it when I was trying to go freeware/open source with everything. In fact I think the reason I didn't use it was because of your exact issue.

Sony Soundforge is the bee knees IMO. Buy or "find" yourself a copy.

cheers brother, thanks for all your advice