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    SXPS 16 Recording from Sound Card

    Discussion in 'Dell XPS and Studio XPS' started by LLWesMan, Jun 22, 2009.

  1. LLWesMan

    LLWesMan Notebook Enthusiast

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    I'm trying to record directly from my sound card on this machine using either Audacity or Sound Forge, but I can't get it so that it records both the sound coming out and my voice going in.

    I basically want to be able to record skype calls with music for my podcast in a way that it isn't recording unilaterally what goes into the microphone. How do you adjust the settings for recording to make this happen? Thanks!!
     
    LLWesMan, Jun 22, 2009
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    ImakE Notebook Evangelist

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    Cant you take the recorded Skype call and edit in the background music?
     
    ImakE, Jun 22, 2009
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    I can - but recording even the skype call is problematic. I end up with either what the other person says, or what I say - never both. The only way I've been able to do a recording is to have all noise that the microphone gets - from my voice and the speakers. You can imagine this makes the other person sound sketchy.
     
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    anyone?????
     
    LLWesMan, Jun 23, 2009
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    If you Google "recording Skype call" or something similar, there is a community out there with workarounds/solutions.. Skype probably doesnt support this natively for privacy reasons. But, others have been able to work around.
     
    ImakE, Jun 24, 2009
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    The problem is the drivers dont have the "Stereo Mix" or "What you hear" options of old. They have been removed in the driver (and sometimes in the hardware) thanks to DRM issues. Blame M$ and the RIAA.
     
    SteveJonesy, Jun 24, 2009
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