Bay Splayer Posted July 27, 2008 Share Posted July 27, 2008 been jamming along to tracks on my mp3 player played through my amp then plugged into my laptop and recorded with audacity. sounds ok but could be better, starts clear then goes a bit muffled, then clear again etc any advice appreciated Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Splayer Posted July 30, 2008 Author Share Posted July 30, 2008 come on boffins, where are you when i need you Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lowdown Posted July 31, 2008 Share Posted July 31, 2008 Mark... I think you need to give a bit more info.. What sound card? Is Audacity set right...? Connections...? What are you monitoring through..? 16 bit / 24 bit...? I see you are in Essex as well....where? And you might be a Hammers fan? Garry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Splayer Posted July 31, 2008 Author Share Posted July 31, 2008 [quote name='lowdown' post='251881' date='Jul 31 2008, 10:16 AM']Mark... I think you need to give a bit more info.. What sound card? Is Audacity set right...? Connections...? What are you monitoring through..? 16 bit / 24 bit...? I see you are in Essex as well....where? And you might be a Hammers fan? Garry[/quote] hello Garry gonna sound a right div here, but here goes.... are sound cards already in new laptops (mine is a fujitsu siemens pi2515, 250gb) vista home premium audacity was on a disc i have but am gonna uninstall and download again passive bass to amp (hartke a100 combo) pre-amp out into pc listen through headphones 16 bit/24 bit....dont understand (told you i am a div at this type of thing) please explain southend based and a lifelong hammer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Splayer Posted August 2, 2008 Author Share Posted August 2, 2008 not enough info i take it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OldG Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 I had a similar problem on a desktop (this one went loud and quiet) ... I found the onboard sound to be at fault - get a USB interface and improve the sound quality ,beat latency and fix your problem in one. Something like [url="http:///www.thomann.de/gb/line6_toneport_gx.htm"]this[/url] would do fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bnt Posted August 2, 2008 Share Posted August 2, 2008 Yes, sound cards are built in to PCs, but you didn't say you were using the built-in sound card, so we have to ask. The chipset on the soundcard might be OK, but laptops typically don't have the required sockets to take full advantage, so I wouldn't want to use one of those for serious recording. Your laptop has a combined Mic / Line In socket, and you want it to work as Line In. I [i]suspect[/i] it has some kind of mode switching based on the type of cable you're plugging in: mono or stereo. You say it sounds OK at first, so it sounds like you've got the right basic idea, but something is going wrong intermittently. It sounds like a dodgy cable, to be honest. Have you tried the amp by itself, in to the PC & Audacity? The MP3 player by itself in to the PC? Wiggled the cables any? You might need to change something in the Vista audio settings under "Recording" - not sure, since I don't use Vista. It's a bit much to expect us to tell you exactly what's wrong, since we aren't there and can't see what you're doing. If you learn to sort this stuff out yourself, then you won't be stuck waiting for help from other people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peted Posted August 5, 2008 Share Posted August 5, 2008 Hi from a fellow Southender (well, Rayleigh now, but close). Make sure that your laptop input is the line-in and not the microphone-in (the mic pre-amps on stock soundcards are no good). Also try to find something to monitor the input levels with, I believe that Audacity has that abilit, and make sure that the input levels are not peaking into the red which will either sound distorted or muffled. For best results you can't go far wrong with investing in a good external sound card. I use a Zoom H4, which is a live recorder, 4 track, multi-effects, external soundcard all-in-one and I highly recommend. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bay Splayer Posted August 5, 2008 Author Share Posted August 5, 2008 thanx for all replies Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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