recording from a tuner/tape deck/records

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Hi to all - I'm new to this so I'm not even sure I'm in
the right area. I have a Gateway Essential PC from 1999
and I'm trying to record from any of the above (via a
receiver) to my PC and eventually ending up on CD's. I get
perfect sound through my sound card, via what I believe is
an auxiliary jack. Problem being, I can't figure out how
to tell the PC to record that sound? I'm assuming (big
mistake?) that if I can hear it on the PC speakers, then I
should be able to record that sound. The sound is terrible
when I patch into the microphone jack. I figure it's
because it's not compatible with the receiver output. I
beg forgiveness for my technical ignorance!!!!!!! HELP!
Tonto
 
I use AUDACITY. It is FREE, Open source, and reliable.
Not share-ware or free-ware junk.

http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/audacity/audacity-win-
1.2.0-pre3.exe?download (this is the 'unstable' pre-
release version, but it works great -- done many huge
projects with it at work.)

It is fairly easy to use. Just connect to your sound
card's line in, select LINE IN on the input menu of the
audacity program, and record away. (If you want to
record from the internet and can hear the sound from your
PC speakers, select AUDIO MIX as your recording source).
You'll have to play with the recording levels, but you'll
get it right!

Good recordings!
Mark
 
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