Built New System - Cannot Record

[Clyde54]

Since building my system, I can not record anything. I would like to record streaming audio from web pages and have had no trouble doing this with past systems using Adobe Audition. But when I click record, no sound wave is visible and nothing is recorded. I tried recording with Windows Sound Recorder and again, nothing is recorded. Am using Win 7 64 bit. Is there some setting I need to use to get recording to work?

 

[Anthony]

Did you install your sound card drivers?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Go to your sound control panel.

Click the recording tab.

Right click in a blank space in that tab.

Make sure "show disconnected devices" and "show disabled devices" are checked.

After doing that, see if you now have a "stereo mix" choice available.

You still may not have "stereo mix" available, but this is a starting point.

Recording what you hear is problematic on Windows 7. Some sound cards simply do not support it, regardless of driver updates.

You can try old Vista drivers, installing in compatibility mode, etc and you may have success.

Or you may not. Your alternatives are to buy a sound card KNOWN to support stereo mix on Windows 7 or to run a standard RCA stereo cable from your sound card speaker outputs to the microphone inputs. That usually solves it.

Good luck. It's frustrating.

 

[Clyde54]

Actually, I did not buy a sound card. The sound is built into the Gigabyte motherboard. I installed the Realtek HD Audio Driver on the Gigabyte disk. So apparently I need a separate sound card to record?

 

[James Colbert]

If you find that you are unable to record with your current setup and are unwilling to invest in new hardware (or even if you are...), this program uses a 'virtual' driver and can record anything (and has other features as well):

Sound recording tools: Total Recorder - captures any audio from the Internet, records audio from CD, microphone, line-in, converts any sound formats to WAVE and MP3

They also have a version that records video.

James

 

[ignatzatsonic]

Actually, I did not buy a sound card. The sound is built into the Gigabyte motherboard. I installed the Realtek HD Audio Driver on the Gigabyte disk. So apparently I need a separate sound card to record?

I have a Gigabyte motherboard with onboard sound and can record what I hear with it.

My board has a Realtek ALC 892 sound chip.

I know of others with Gigabyte boards with ALC 889 sound chips that can record what they hear.

Did you try the steps I mentioned above?

If you have Realtek ALC 889 or ALC 892, it is probable you can record what you hear. It is just a matter of getting the settings right within Windows and some fiddling.

Another sound card would be a last resort, and even that might fail, depending on which you buy.

 

[Clyde54]

Ok I right-clicked on the Recording tab, selected Show Disabled Devices, and Stereo Mix popped up. I right-clicked it to enable it and make it the default device. But I still cannot record

I could not record in Adobe Audition but windows Sound Recorder does now record, so that's progress anyway. It must be a setting in Audition now that needs changing...

Second update - I am now able to record in Audition but the record level is equal to the speaker volume level...and if I hit mute the recording stops. Anyone know how I get the audio levels in Audition to be independent of the speaker output?

 

[Clyde54]

Does anyone have any other suggestions on how I can get Audition's recording level controls to show up?

 

[James Colbert]

Does anyone have any other suggestions on how I can get Audition's recording level controls to show up?

Since Sound Recorder is now working, the indications are that your hardware is working properly, so unless someone posts that has experience with Adobe Audition, the Adobe forums may provide faster and more accurate solutions. Have you tried posting there? If not, here's a link to get you started:

http://forums.adobe.com/thread/791653?tstart=0


James

 

[Clyde54]

One reason I still suspect Windows may not be set up right: when recording with Windows Sound Recorder program, if I hit mute, the program records no audio. Surely that cannot be right?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I don't see a mute control in Sound Recorder.

If you mean the mute in something like Youtube if you are trying to record sounds on Youtube, then yes, the program WON"T record the audio---just as if you had hit pause. Why wouldn't you expect that behavior?

 

[Clyde54]

I meant the mute button on my keyboard. In other words, muting the system volume causes Sound Recorder and Audition to record no sound. Normally the audio level to a recording program would be separate from the volume you hear out of your speakers, right?

 

[ignatzatsonic]

I meant the mute button on my keyboard. In other words, muting the system volume causes Sound Recorder and Audition to record no sound. Normally the audio level to a recording program would be separate from the volume you hear out of your speakers, right?

Wrong, at least in my personal experience. It may be possible to make them separate, but on my systems in the past, they are connected. For instance:

If I am recording the sound portion of a youtube file as I watch the youtube file, if i move the volume control up and down in youtube (or in my recording application), the sound level I perceive over my headphones will also be affected and the volume level of the file on playback will be affected--you can hear the points at which you moved the volume control up and down.

I don't know if you are locked into Audition, but if you are not, you might consider using the free Audacity recording application. Excellent and widely used.

 

[fseal]

I believe that best you can do using the built in windows functionality that most sound cards adhere to is "record what you hear" so yes, if you mute the output, you will mute your recording.

In order to get full funtionality to record any input directly, you may have to get a "real" sound card. They type used for "real" audio production. This doesn't mean the card needs to be horribly expensive though. But something from a company like M-Audio that makes sound cards specifically for recording may be what you need if the above steps don't help any further.