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Thank you Gale for the prompt and exhaustive answer. As I will be abroad
in Finland for the rest of the week, I shall start trying to solve my
computer problems, when I'm back home again on Saturday15'th.
Stockholm, Monday PM 9.15. WvS

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>     | From wolter
>     | Mon, 10 Sep 2007 03:30:49 -0700 (PDT)
>     | Subject: [Audacity-help] Audacity 1.2.6
>     | I have downloaded and installed Vers 1.2.6 and registered the program.
>     | However listening to e.g. King FM in the computer  I cannot record the
>     | sound I hear in the loudspeakers. Using CD, Line etc does not work.
>     | Stereo mix creates a terribble noise. Recording with the program 'Total
>     | Recorder' works without any problem.
>
> Please note Audacity is free and does not require registration. To obtain
> support from us, please ensure you are using 1.2.6 obtained from us:
> http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/windows
>  
> "Stereo Mix" is the option on your sound device that should in principle
> record the computer output, but it depends on the drivers of the sound
> device working properly - they may not be working at all, or they may
> not be allowing Audacity to interface with the system mixer, so you might
> not in fact be recording stereo mix when you try to select it in Audacity.    
>
> Total Recorder works because it installs its own virtual driver that is
> separate from the sound device. Please note if you have not done so
> already that you must in Audacity explicitly choose your inbuilt sound device
> in the Audio I/O tab of Audacity Preferences as the "playback device" and
> "recording device". Don't choose either "Total Recorder" or "Microsoft Sound
> Mapper" (in case the current Windows default is Total Recorder) - Total
> Recorder drivers won't work with Audacity and usually cause it to freeze up.
>
> If you are have not yet purchased Total Recorder in order to remove the
> noise that is added every minute, there is a free alternative here that also
> uses its own drivers (but does not install them in the system mixer):
> http://www.freecorder.com/freecorder3
>
> To try and record streaming audio from your sound device you will have to
> go into the Windows Control Panel and try to select "stereo mix" there and
> turn its volume up. Having done that, exit Audacity and restart it then try to
> record. There are instructions here:  
> http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#Using_the_Control_Panel
>
> As it says there, if you are still not able to use the sound device to record
> streaming audio, then updating its drivers to the latest ones for your computer
> model made by the manufacturer of the device or motherboard may help.
> There is advice on doing this here:
> http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Updating_Sound_Device_Drivers     
>
>
> Gale Andrews
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