Record sound from speakers?
You can do that with Audacity. In the drop-down menu on Audacity's mixer toolbar, choose “Wave Out” or “Stereo Mix” as the input source. (The exact name may be different, depending on your computer's sound drivers.) When you press the Record button, Audacity will capture whatever sound is playing on your computer's speakers. Audacity is free, open source software for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
How can I record the sound playing on an iPod or any other device with an AUX headphone jack and save it as a WAV file on my computer?
If your computer has two separate 3.5mm jack, one for audio output (green-speaker) and one for input (red-microphone) then simply connect sound playing device using a AUX cable into the microphone jack.Turn off any microphone boost on your computer and run a sound recording application like Audacity or windows default sound recorder.While exporting choose audio format as WAV or .wav or Waveform audio file. You can also save in other format and later convert to WAV.If your computer has combi-audio jack (i.e. only one jack for input and output) then probably you are screwed up. Try the above procedure it may or may not work; because the male head is completely different as it has 4 sections instead of 3.
Will any record player sound good if I use external speakers?
The sound will be better if you hook up external, powered speakers, or if you route the sound to a real stereo system, than using the crappy built-in speakers.However, the sound will still be comparatively bad relative to other sources as these players use the crudest, cheapest possible phono stylus and cartridges which is where the sound starts from. The same music from an MP3 or streaming service will sound better.You also do not want to play valuable or rare LPs on a suitcase player like this, as they will be damaged and worn much more quickly and severely than on a proper turntable.As a decoration these are interesting but you might consider a “real” vintage suitcase record player (lots available cheap on eBay) for the decoration and use modern stuff for the actual music.
Why is my turntable only playing sound from one speaker?
If everything else is working on both speakers, the problem has to be somewhere at or before the input switch - jiggle it a bit and see if sound comes out from the phono, even momentarily. If so, a little contact cleaner sprayed into the switch may do the trick.Failing that, there’s a phono preamp circuit in your receiver (or maybe you’re using an external one if the receiver didn’t include one). Turn off the stereo and switch the R&L audio cables going into the receiver from the turntable. If the problem is now on the other side, you now know it’s not the phono preamp. If it stays on the same side, you may have a problem in the phono preamp circuit. Switch the cables back. If this is the case, it’d be cheaper to buy a new external phono preamp and use one of your spare line level (aka aux or tape) inputs to substitute for the faulty internal one (unless it’s under warranty).If you can easily access jacks where the cables attach to the rear or underside of the turntable, try the same “rotate-to-clean” and channel swap there.Now comes the delicate part, if these didn’t solve it. The thin wires in the tonearm have clips that attach to the phono cartridge, and sometimes a removable headshell as well. Inspect these connections for any oxidation, and burnish the headshell connections with a pencil eraser if you can. If you have fine needle-nose pliers, then try gently rotating or pulling off and pushing back on the little clips on the rear of the cartridge for a little friction cleaning (power off for all of this, BTW). Be very gentle since those wires can break easily.One last possibility is that some turntables have some metal contacts under the tonearm base that mute the signal from the cartridge during tonearm cycling (return from the end groove), and these can sometimes also get dirty or (less likely) bent where they don’t make contact.The phono cartridge MIGHT have a faulty coil or internal connection, but this is rare. If so, replacing the cartridge is your only option. Needle Doctor is a good place to find a replacement (but if you get the same one, save the original stylus as a spare, it’s almost certainly just fine).There’s a free website, Vinyl Engine The Home of the Turntable that offers user guides and service manuals for hundreds of turntable models, you might want to see if there’s a known manufacturing problem or common issue in their forums as well.After doing all this, you now qualify as an expert (if you worked carefully and paid attention)!
How does one copy music that is playing through computer speakers?
Assuming you have Windows 10 (I think you can do the same with 7 and 8), you already have what you need, though there may be better tools available.Follow these steps.1. In the bottom right, find the speaker icon and right click. Choose "Recording devices."2. If your computer is like mine, you just see a microphone there. Right click in the white space and choose "Show disabled devices"3. You should see "Stereo Mix." Enable it and set it as the default recording device.4. Open up some sound recording software. Sound Recorder comes standard on Windows 10, though you can probably get better software elsewhere.5. Start recording then play your sound. It will record just the output without any extraneous noise.It probably goes without saying, but be wary of copyright violations. Otherwise, enjoy!
Record player won't go through computer speakers?
I just bought a Sony PS-LX300 USB turntable and it came with Sound Forge Audio Studio so I can play my record through the computer speakers. I configured everything on my computer so it should play through the speakers, but for some reason it doesn't. I have no clue what to do. I've tried doing Vinyl Recording on Sound Forge and everything, but nothing seems to work. Any ideas as to why and how I could fix it? Thanks.
Audacity won't play back recorded sound?
I set up my computer for audacity and everything works fine, I can hear the track record and see the blue wave line, but when I stop it and go to play it back, no sound comes out. Of my headphones. I think it's a problem with the playback setting on my Windows 7 computer, but I'm not sure. My mixer is working like it's supposed to so I know it's either the computer or Audacity. Any suggestions?
Do sound cards effect speaker properties?
It is possible to do this, but I recommend using an external USB soundcard, because you need seperate sound devices to playback and record at the same time. USB soundcards are very cheap and you can have your pick of any budget brand. Also, when recording, plug your external source into the microphone jack, it seems to work better for me.