speaker sound while recording

[Guest]

How do I listen to, via computer speakers or headphones jack, to what I am
recording via the audio line input (microphone jack)?

Thanks,

guy recording old records.

 

[Galen]

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How do I listen to, via computer speakers or headphones jack, to what
I am recording via the audio line input (microphone jack)?

Thanks,

guy recording old records.

That'd probably depend on the application that you're using and if it has
the capability of giving playback while recording. I don't KNOW for certain
that this application has that functionality but it may very well.

Audacity: Free Audio Editor and Recorder:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/


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[Guest]

The application I am running is a sound recorder/editor from Polderbits.com.
They state that I 'should be able to listen to the sound during recording'
but make no mention of how to do that. I figured it was a hardware/windows
configuration issue that I don't know how to resolve. Any suggestions.

 

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How do I listen to, via computer speakers or headphones jack, to what
I am recording via the audio line input (microphone jack)?

Thanks,

guy recording old records.

Open Volume Control (double-click on the speaker icon by your clock).
Uncheck the Mute box on your Microphone or Line In to hear them.
You can also set the playback/recording volume/balance.
If you don't see the microphone, you may need to select
Options/Properties, where you can select which volume controls you can
see for playback/recording.
If you turn on Options/Advanced controls, it may turn on some more
features that you can set (such as microphone boost), depending on the
capabilities of your soundcard.
What you see under Volume Controls depends somewhat on what soundcard you
have. Some sound card drivers install software that replaces the normal
Volume Controls, so you may see something different than described above.

 

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Open Volume Control (double-click on the speaker icon by your clock).
Uncheck the Mute box on your Microphone or Line In to hear them.
You can also set the playback/recording volume/balance.
If you don't see the microphone, you may need to select
Options/Properties, where you can select which volume controls you can
see for playback/recording.
If you turn on Options/Advanced controls, it may turn on some more
features that you can set (such as microphone boost), depending on the
capabilities of your soundcard.
What you see under Volume Controls depends somewhat on what soundcard
you have. Some sound card drivers install software that replaces the
normal Volume Controls, so you may see something different than
described above.

Forgot to add - sometimes instead of a Mute checkbox, there is an Enable
checkbox, which has the opposite effect (check it to hear).

If you are recording old records, are you using one of the various
freeware programs available for this sort of purpose, or perhaps a more
general purpose program like Audacity? These make the job a lot easier
than just a straight record to wave, and can do things like filter out
some of the pops and crackles.

 

[Galen]

In BEssaff had this to say:

My reply is at the bottom of your sent message:

The application I am running is a sound recorder/editor from
Polderbits.com. They state that I 'should be able to listen to the
sound during recording' but make no mention of how to do that. I
figured it was a hardware/windows configuration issue that I don't
know how to resolve. Any suggestions.

Other then the mentioned items below (someone's beaten me to it) there's not
much else to try - I'd try those first.

--
Galen - MS MVP - Windows (Shell/User & IE)
http://dts-l.org/ http://kgiii.info/

"Chance has put in our way a most singular and whimsical problem, and
its solution is its own reward." - Sherlock Holmes