On 1/31/2013 2:41 PM, Frank Elsner wrote:
on my Lenovo C200 I've no Problem to record what I hear using audacity.
But ... on my Lenovo X121e the recording sounds really bad. It sounds like a tin can. But is not clipped. The level is also ok.
Any idea what might be the reason?
In preferences, in the "Recording" section, do you have software playthrough checked? It should not be unless you're specifically using that feature. In the "Quality" section, there are settings you can play with, have you checked those?
It's hard to say what your problem is because "sounds like a tin can" is not very helpful - you say it's not clipping and that the levels are OK. The above is what I can come up with so far - I do lots of recording of audio I'm playing on my various PCs and laptops, and if I can get Audacity to 'see' the signal, then it generally sounds good... Some combinations of hardware/drivers will not work, but generally, it's all or nothing - that's been my experience on lots of installations.
On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 15:53:52 -0500 Claude Jones wrote:
On 1/31/2013 2:41 PM, Frank Elsner wrote:
on my Lenovo C200 I've no Problem to record what I hear using audacity.
But ... on my Lenovo X121e the recording sounds really bad. It sounds like a tin can. But is not clipped. The level is also ok.
Any idea what might be the reason?
In preferences, in the "Recording" section, do you have software playthrough checked? It should not be unless you're specifically using that feature. In the "Quality" section, there are settings you can play with, have you checked those?
Thanks for the pointers. I'll check and report.
It's hard to say what your problem is because "sounds like a tin can" is not very helpful - you say it's not clipping and that the levels are OK.
Maybe translate.google.com has failed for my german :-(
The sound is like the sound of bery old telephones.
--Frank Elsner
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