recording music

[cpandrewschmidt]

How do you do this??? I pluged a microphone into my puter, then used sound recorder. I have XP, however, I get nothing when I talk into the mic. What could be wrong? Thanks for the help.

Andrew

[scoot_14]

Originally posted by cpandrewschmidt
How do you do this??? I pluged a microphone into my puter, then used sound recorder. I have XP, however, I get nothing when I talk into the mic. What could be wrong? Thanks for the help.

Andrew

What XP? What program are you using?

I have sonar XP and it was just a matter of setting it up correctly. Making sure that the program was using the correct inputs and such, my computer friend really helped me out here.

[cpandrewschmidt]

I have the business xp, the program is simply call sound recorder, I don't know if my setting are right and I don't know what to fix them to if they are wrong. :mad:

[I, Brian]

I have this problem lots, but the solution is likely easy:

1/ Ensure that the sound recorder is recording from the actual mic input you are using. For example, if the mic is plugged into Line-In, the recorder needs to be on "Line In" (should say so at the top). IF you're just using the mic socket then ensure it is on mic.

If that still doesn't work -

2/ See the little speaker icron near the clock on the taskbar? Right-click that to open. Then make sure that the input you're trying to record on hasn't been muted (my computer mutes line=in by default, which is where my synth is plugged in).

Hope that helps.

Brian

[cpandrewschmidt]

Thanks for the input, i got it to record but sounds like shit, it is really really fuzzy. I can hardly even hear it. Is this a shity mic or a poor sound card???

Thanks
Andrew

[scoot_14]

Could be either, but I would bet it's the soundcard.

What type of mic do you have?

[cpandrewschmidt]

Its my brother mic, not a computer one, all it says is CT329

[scoot_14]

Well...if it's a decent mic the chord will not be permanently attached to the mic itself (in other words you'll need a seperate mic cable). If it's a cheap toy mic it will have a built in chord and most likely have a small connector at the end (the size of a headphone jack).

If it's a real mic then it's the soundcard, or the recorder.