Subject:recording internal computer sounds in Soundforge?

Posted by: billyblackwood

Date:3/13/2003 7:28:17 PM

Hi, I just installed an Echo Audio MIA 24/96 card in my PC, Windows XP,and am having trouble
recording from my CD rom,Winamp,Computer sounds etc into Soundforge. The sounds
coming into the card from my external DJ setup are fine, and recordable,
but with any sounds coming from in the computer I'm getting almost no signal level at the record meter, even though I can
hear it fine. What's the problem, any help appreciated.

contact:billyblackwood@hotmail.com

Subject:RE: recording internal computer sounds in Soundforge?

Reply by: Geoff_Wood

Date:3/13/2003 11:57:51 PM

You do need an audio loopback driver for the internal audio application things, equivalent of a loopback cable. VAC (Virtual Audio Cable) is one - find it on the net. Some soundcard mixers might have this function built in on the digital or analogue side.

From CD-ROM what you should be doing is using the 'Extract From CD' function, rather than playing the audio - it's much quicker and doesn't go through the Windows mixer, etc.

geoff

Subject:RE: recording internal computer sounds in Soundforge?

Reply by: R0cky

Date:3/17/2003 3:42:25 PM

I have a MIA - it doesn't support loopback internally. You can only record analog on it's inputs. VAC as suggested by Geoff may work. I'm going to check it out myself.

Subject:RE: recording internal computer sounds in Soundforge?

Reply by: stusy

Date:3/17/2003 8:56:31 PM

This thread is as confusing as hell, but it seems I should be interested in this...it just doesn't sink in...can someone explain all this better, incl why VAC is important...it just pertains to recording from a CD-ROM recording right...?

Subject:RE: recording internal computer sounds in Soundforge?

Reply by: Geoff_Wood

Date:3/18/2003 5:47:37 AM

When your computer makes a sound, it goes from teh Windows sound output department direct to the soundcard driver and comes out the line out. With VAC you can use VAC as the 'output' device, looping back internally as the 'input' device that a sound recording application needs to listen to.

Otherwise direct the stream of the Windows audio output to SF input, apart from a physical loopback cable or soundcard mixer button that does this.


geoff

Subject:RE: recording internal computer sounds in Soundforge?

Reply by: Iacobus

Date:3/18/2003 12:59:09 PM

Doesn't the MIA have a "mixer" function that can be selected as recording input? That way, anything that plays through your PC (streaming media, playing CD audio, system sounds) would be routed to recording input as Geoff mentioned.

HTH,
Iacobus

Subject:RE: recording internal computer sounds in Soundforge?

Reply by: R0cky

Date:3/18/2003 2:42:12 PM

No. MIA outputs cannot be routed back to the inputs other than by a cable, or perhaps the "Virtual Audio Cable" described in this thread.

Subject:RE: recording internal computer sounds in Soundforge?

Reply by: stusy

Date:3/18/2003 7:10:14 PM

Well, I downloaded it; it's freeware from some Russkie...still not sure what the hell tho..can I use it with my cassette deck..? I have a mackie also...is this just for "ripping" so to speak..?

Subject:RE: recording internal computer sounds in Soundforge?

Reply by: Chienworks

Date:3/18/2003 8:46:46 PM

Stusy: that downloaded software is ONLY for recording sounds that are made by your computer. It has no use whatsoever when recording something from outside your computer.