XP - recording audio/mic in whilst listening to it

_Andy_

Evenin' all

Hoping one of you can help me with this.

I have a digital piano which I'm wanting to record from, via its audio out to my laptop audio/mic in.
I have installed Audacity and can record fine. All good but what I can't do is listen to the audio at the same time (pretty important when playing piano!)

I have done a bit of Googling on this but not managed to sort it.

If I double-click on volume button in taskbar and click 'mixer' there are no settings there referring to mic/audio in.

If I open up Realtek Acer HD audio manager and on the microphone tab, it's not showing as muted.

not sure where to go from here - very grateful for any suggestions/solutions!

Cheers

closed

headphones?

depending on which os and sound mixer you are using, recording mixer setting are elsewhere, eg xp options come under options, properties, recording

_Andy_

closed wrote: »

headphones?

Hi if you mean headphones in the laptop no this doesn't work, it just won't play the input as well as record it

_Andy_

Just checked can't find any 'options' bit

closed

which operating system? is the mixer realteks mixer or windows?

can you hear it if you use sound recorder instead of audacity?

closed

See http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php?title=Mixer_Toolbar_Issues

somersethillbilly

Have you tried setting Audacity's mixer toolbar to "stereo mix" instead of "Line in" or "mic"?

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=recording&i=streaming

_Andy_

closed wrote: »

which operating system? is the mixer realteks mixer or windows?

can you hear it if you use sound recorder instead of audacity?

OS is XP, mixer is realtek

Tried sound recorder, same prob
thanks

_Andy_

somersethillbilly wrote: »

Have you tried setting Audacity's mixer toolbar to "stereo mix" instead of "Line in" or "mic"?

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=recording&i=streaming

The dropdown menu is greyed out

Did try enabling "software playthrough" but there is then a .5 second or so delay which is a pain

Hammyman

Buy a real soundcard. All Creative Sounblasters have a "record what you hear" function.

_Andy_

Hammyman wrote: »

Buy a real soundcard. All Creative Sounblasters have a "record what you hear" function.

Doesn't really solve the problem but thanks