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[Jay Pace]

I don't buy that Jay.

If you can hear it on your PC speakers then you can record it, you just need to set the input right.

Why?

To record a mix your computer has to digitise an incoming analog signal, which requires an AD converter and processor speed enough to covert the signal into the required format (16/44100)

If you are recording a mix you are sending four signals out of your computer through a soundcard (2 stereo signals) which are then being mixed through an analog mixer, the output of which is essentially a new audio signal. To record a mix you have to route the output of your mixer through an AD converter and tell your computer to encode it and make a digital file from the incoming signal.

Same goes for video. You can buy a TV card for your computer for $50, but that doesn't mean you can record telly at great quality. you will need a video card to capture each frame at your required resolution in realtime, and that usually takes an additional graphics card or ferocious processor to accommodate.

Having had a dig about looks like most soundcards are full duplex now so its a little irrelevant, but basically you can't record what you can hear unless you soundcard supports that feature.

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/273883

[TechMouse]

To record a mix your computer has to digitise an incoming analog signal, which requires an AD converter and processor speed enough to covert the signal into the required format (16/44100)

If you are recording a mix you are sending four signals out of your computer through a soundcard (2 stereo signals) which are then being mixed through an analog mixer, the output of which is essentially a new audio signal. To record a mix you have to route the output of your mixer through an AD converter and tell your computer to encode it and make a digital file from the incoming signal.

Ah, of course... I'm forgetting that you don't mix in the box with * Scratch.

If you were mixing with Ableton, for example, you could just load up SoundForge and hit record as you play.

[DVNT]

Ah, of course... I'm forgetting that you don't mix in the box with * Scratch.

If you were mixing with Ableton, for example, you could just load up SoundForge and hit record as you play.

Or you could press record within Ableton.

[TechMouse]

Or you could press record within Ableton.

That wouldn't record the sound though, would it?

It would record the set you play, MIDI messages and such - which isn't the same thing.