No Sound Recorded

[Guest]

I have been trying to record to my PC from a tape player. I connected a lead
from the headphone socket of my tape player to the microphone input on my PC
and successfully recorded with Windows Sound Recorder. As I could only do
this for a maximum of 60 seconds I used this forum to find out more.

As a result I then downloaded Audacity 1.2.2. When I tried to record with
this it didn’t record anything. What has further confused me is that if I
now try and record with Windows Sound Recorder I now don’t get anything. If
I reconnect the microphone I am able to record sound but I don’t if I connect
to the tape player but I could before I installed Audacity.

The PC is SoundMAX Digital Audio as the recording device. This is the only
device available to select. I can’t remember if there were any others to
select before I installed Audacity.

I seem to have gone backwards with this. Can anyone help?

Thanks

 

[plectrum]

I have been trying to record to my PC from a tape player. I connected a
lead
from the headphone socket of my tape player to the microphone input on my
PC
and successfully recorded with Windows Sound Recorder. As I could only do
this for a maximum of 60 seconds I used this forum to find out more.

As a result I then downloaded Audacity 1.2.2. When I tried to record with
this it didn't record anything. What has further confused me is that if I
now try and record with Windows Sound Recorder I now don't get anything.
If
I reconnect the microphone I am able to record sound but I don't if I
connect
to the tape player but I could before I installed Audacity.

The PC is SoundMAX Digital Audio as the recording device. This is the
only
device available to select. I can't remember if there were any others to
select before I installed Audacity.

I seem to have gone backwards with this. Can anyone help?

Thanks

 

[plectrum]

I have been trying to record to my PC from a tape player. I connected a
lead
from the headphone socket of my tape player to the microphone input on my
PC
and successfully recorded with Windows Sound Recorder. As I could only do
this for a maximum of 60 seconds I used this forum to find out more.

As a result I then downloaded Audacity 1.2.2. When I tried to record with
this it didn't record anything. What has further confused me is that if I
now try and record with Windows Sound Recorder I now don't get anything.
If
I reconnect the microphone I am able to record sound but I don't if I
connect
to the tape player but I could before I installed Audacity.

The PC is SoundMAX Digital Audio as the recording device. This is the
only
device available to select. I can't remember if there were any others to
select before I installed Audacity.

I seem to have gone backwards with this. Can anyone help?

Thanks

Sorru, too handy with the send button.

Connect the tape machine to your line-in plug on your PC. Make sure that is
selected as the input device then Audacity should record via that input.

Cheers,
Jerry

 

[Guest]

Connecting Your PC to Your Stereo
http://www.teamcombooks.com/mp3handbook/10.htm

Transfer Tape to CD
http://www.techtv.com/callforhelp/howto/story/0,24330,2458726,00.html

Sound Recorder - Cassette Tape,Microphone,Cd,Radio Tv Cd Player,Dvd
Mpeg Avi AVI, MIDI
http://www.mp3towav.org/i-Sound-WMA-MP3-Recorder-Professional/

Don't Toss Those LPs or Cassettes
http://www.pcworld.com/howto/article/0,aid,17663,00.asp

 

[Michael]

Are you sure you set up the input device correctly in Audacity? You should
have a drop-down menu with Microfon among other options.
Michael