OK, what am I doing wrong?
I'm trying to record a tape to my HDD.
I've got the tape player's headphone output connected with a 3.5mm to 3.5mm lead to my computer's microphone input.
I get nothing with Audacity other than a faint hiss, EVEN with full volume on the tape player and full gain on the mic, boost enabled.
Is there something I'm missing?
I've checked the connections and I've checked that it's set to record on the right input.
It's some sort of Morphy Richards mini hi-fi system, if that helps, and I'm using a creative Audigy 2 ZS Notebook sound card.  I've ALSO tried it with REALTEK integrated HD sound.
Windows XP Pro SP2 with latest updates, latest version of Audacity (1.2.6?).
Thanks in advance.
Calum.I've recorded tapes to my hard drive with my desktop computer.  With the sound card I have installed, I connected the line from the tape player (headphone output) to the Line In connector on my sound card, not the Mic connector. Do you have a Line In connector, in ADDITION to the Mic connector?Nice catch, soybean !Oh, I knew I was missing something.
Unfortunately I don't have one, it's a notebook soundcard and thus very small.
I have a headphone/speaker output, a mic input and a strange looking beastie that appears to be for surround sound speakers (with an adapter).
So I need a line in input then?
Or a preamp, would that work?
Been doing some more digging on this since I posted.Before you spend money, check this:



Set the microphone volume (right) to the max and you'll get fairly loud sound (if it isn't already at 1)Thanks, but that's what i was trying to say.
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full gain on the mic, boost enabled.

Thanks, but that's what i was trying to say.
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full gain on the mic, boost enabled.