sound recorder for a Vista Laptop.

**Mantock** · February 27, 2009, 07:00 PM

Hi all, recently ive got a vista laptop. playing this game is not an issue, rendering movies is not eighter, its recording the sound output to merge with the rendered clips that i cannot do.!

i tried Audacity. but that doesnt work on vista, there is a beta version of audacity made for vista but i cant find out a link to download it.
my dad says it could be that laptops dont have an actual sound card. just a sound driver.
does anyone have this problem? or can you actually record sound with vista!!!!?

**D.B. Cooper** · February 27, 2009, 07:16 PM

I've wondered this also. Although Audacity works on my vista laptop, the sound clips sound terrible. The next best solution I would suggest is to use FRAPS and record the straight from the cine-ed.

**Mantock** · February 28, 2009, 09:44 AM

I would suggest is to use FRAPS and record the straight from the cine-ed.

how would you record 'the straight from the cine ed? oh, i get it yea, but then i would have a sluggish playback, i always do from the editor. but yea, i get the idea, thx.

**Sunday213** · February 27, 2009, 10:05 PM

I dont have vista but i had this same problem with a XP laptop
You have to have stero mix selected and have it on the second bar then it wont sound bad.

**Mantock** · February 28, 2009, 09:46 AM

Originally Posted by Sunday213

I dont have vista but i had this same problem with a XP laptop
You have to have stero mix selected and have it on the second bar then it wont sound bad.

hmm, yea, with vista you cant record any sound.

itsw soooo anyoning!!!

**Mantock** · February 28, 2009, 09:49 AM

wat doooo i dooooo?????!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

**irishron** · February 28, 2009, 10:11 AM

Two questions.

Did you read all the way through here: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=139646?

Did you check Microsoft's website on how Vista handles such things? Steve Ballmer's kids thinks it's a great multimedia tool and your answer may lie there.

**Dea Paladin** · February 28, 2009, 12:36 PM

I got ausicity on my vista laptop it works perfectly with great sound and all. I think i found it on their webpage

**Dea Paladin** · February 28, 2009, 12:38 PM

And yes you can record sound in vista. "Sound Recorder" is a program you get when you buy the computer, its like ms paint.

**Mantock** · February 28, 2009, 04:28 PM

Thx for the help guys.
yea, ive looked at that thread. http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=139646?
but for some reason, the first page does not open for me. bu all the others do.

Dea PaladinI got ausicity on my vista laptop it works perfectly with great sound and all. I think i found it on their webpage

where did you get that Dea Paladin? on that thread? Ill have a look.
when you say audacity works fine, do you mean the version 1.3.7 that is a beta version for vista? (i could never find a link to it)
how do you get audacity to work?

**Mantock** · February 28, 2009, 04:49 PM

Ok, ive got audacity that is SUPOSED to work on vista. im a little further on but still its not working.
ive set the preferences to 4100, and 16-bit. and to SigmaTel High def audio for recording and replaying. but still nothing. Dea Paladin, what are your settings? maybe if I copy your preferences, it might work.