Recording Software

[Art Goad]

I am looking for recording software that will record
music from Mic-line in to my harddrive with full editing
and playback functions that works with Windows XP.
Thanks for any Help you can give.

 

[Galley]

I am looking for recording software that will record
music from Mic-line in to my harddrive with full editing
and playback functions that works with Windows XP.
Thanks for any Help you can give.

Audacity is exactly what you need. Once you record the audio, you can edit it.
Get it free at http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 

[Jimmy]

Steinberg's 'Clean 4.0' does the trick cheaply and really
well. I'm converting vinyl to Mp3 using a laptop w/out a
line-in jack so the mic-in seems to be my only option.
However, I'm having trouble setting the recording volume
low enough to prevent distortions and clipping. I'm
certain this is an XP issue rather than the software as
sound and speech menus in control panel all help in some
way but not entirely. If you have any ideas I'd be
grateful? Thanks.

 

[Phil]

That is not a software issue. The MIC input is a much higher gain input than
a LINE IN would be, if you had one on that unit. Thus, when you input a line
level signal, you are already overdriving the microphone preamp and that's
why you can't remove the distortion. You might try turning off the 20db
boost, if that is an option in your sound mixer, otherwise you would have to
try to find an "attenuating" patch cord to reduce the input level to the
jack. Remember that the MIC IN is only mono also, so you'll also need a 2 to
1 adapter to record that way.

 

[Guest]

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.

Good recordings!
Mark