Tutorial — Selecting Your Recording Device
Now that you know you are getting sound into the computer and you have made your Audacity settings, it is time to set up your recording device.
There are many other settings that can be made in your Preferences do take some time to explore and understand these.
Audio Setup
Click on the Audio Setup button in the the top tooldock, for details please see Audio Setup Toolbar.
Instead of using the Audio Setup button you can use Audio Settings Preferences if you prefer.
Choose your preferred Audio Host, Recording Device and Playback Device from the dropdown menus.
This selects the particular interface with which Audacity communicates with your chosen recording and playback devices.
The number of different settings for recording is somewhat daunting, reflecting the many options for recording. Basically you can leave the settings at the default, and record just fine. However you might want to check this Tutorial on recording settings to find out more.
- If you are unsure what settings to use, use MME if it is available, ALSA if on Linux and Core Audio if on Mac.
- The choice of recording and play back devices may take some detective work (or trial and error). The items earlier in the list are generally built-in devices, for example a speaker actually in the laptop, and the later items devices that are plugged in, for example headphones.
- If you prefer, you can make the above settings in the Audacity’s Device Toolbar. Se below for details.
Audio Host
The «Audio Host» is the interface between Audacity and the sound device. On Windows, the choice is between the following audio interfaces.
- MME: This is the Audacity default and the most compatible with all audio devices.
- Windows DirectSound: This is more recent than MME with potentially less latency.
- Windows WASAPI: This host is the most recent Windows interface that Audacity supports. WASAPI was first officially released in 2007. WASAPI is particularly useful for «loopback» devices for recording computer playback. 24-bit recording devices are supported. Playback is emulated using this host. As a result, the playback slider in the Playback Meter will only scale the system playback slider’s current level up or down rather than directly manipulating that system slider.
On Mac the only choice is Core Audio.
On Linux there is often only one option: ALSA. Other options could be OSS and/or Jack Audio Connection Kit (also known as «Jack» or «Jackd»).
- Windows DirectSound may by default have only slightly lower latency than MME.
- Selecting Windows DirectSound or Windows WASAPI and enabling both «Exclusive Mode» boxes in Windows Sound allows Audacity to request audio direct from the device without resampling.
Playback device
For Playback device, choose the named sound device your headphones or speakers are connected to (not a device like Microsoft Sound Mapper that uses the system default device). If you are using a USB-connected guitar, microphone or keyboard on Windows, you may also need to reset the default system playback device to your computer sound device in order to hear audio in other applications.
Set the volume level of your recording input, click in the Recording Meter, or click on the microphone icon and click Enable Silent Monitoring.
- If the Recording Meter is not visible, click View > Toolbars and check Recording Meter Toolbar.
- While playing a loud part of your tape or record, adjust the Recording Slider on the Recording Meter Toolbar so the Recording Meters are almost reaching the right-hand end of the scale.
- Do not let the meter bars actually reach the right edge, or the red hold lights to right of the meter will come on, indicating you will have distortion in the recording.
- Try to aim for a maximum peak of around \xe2\x80\x936.0 dB (or 0.5 if you have your meters set to linear rather than dB).
- Enlarging the Recording Meter Toolbar by clicking and dragging helps with this task, see this page in the manual for details.
Recording device
Now that you know that you can hear what Audacity is playing you can continue setting up for recording.
Choose your preferred recording device from the Recording Device dropdown menu in the Audio Settings preferences.
In the Recording Channels dropdown menu choose whether you want to record in mono (1 channel) or stereo (2 channels). In general if you are recording a microphone or guitar you will want to record in mono. If you are recording a keyboard and the keyboard has stereo outputs you will want to record in stereo.
If your line-in or other inputs are not shown in Device Toolbar, go to the system mixer for Windows, show and enable the missing inputs, then use Transport > Rescan Audio Devices or restart Audacity.
Device Toolbar
If you prefer, you can make the above settings in Audacity’s Device Toolbar.
The Device Toolbar, shown below, is not displayed by default in Audacity. To enable it, click on View > Toolbars and check on Device Toolbar.
You may want to expand the size of the Device Toolbar by dragging right on the drag-handle / drag-bar Resizer.
Tutorial — Recording audio playing on the computer
This tutorial outlines solutions for recording audio playing on the computer, (for example, audio being streamed from an Internet website). How or if you can do this depends on your computer operating system, your audio interface and its drivers.
| Copyright or website restrictions may prevent you recording or distributing material. Check first. |
Generally, it is better to extract or import audio from CDs, DVDs or existing video or audio files than record them as they play. Recording from an analog audio interface is relatively inexact and lossy because the digital source is converted to analog to play it, then back to digital to record it. The resulting quality will depend (amongst other things) on the quality of your audio interface’s digital to analog and analog to digital converters.
- To extract audio CD tracks to your computer, see Audio CDs.
- To import additional types of audio file or extract audio from video files, download and install FFmpeg, then import the file. FFmpeg can also extract audio from the individual VOB files stored on unencrypted DVDs.
If you have just made a recording it is strongly recommended that you immediately export your audio using File > Export Audio to WAV or AIFF (ideally to an external drive) as a safety copy before you start editing the project.
Step 1: Set up devices to capture computer playback
This is often the hardest part of the overall task, being dependent on your computer operating system and audio interface. Many manufacturers are making it increasingly difficult to record streaming audio by deliberately removing or hiding this functionality due to copyright concerns. Sometimes, older audio interface drivers can be found on the website of the audio interface, sound card or motherboard manufacturer that still allow recording of computer playback.
This section of the tutorial shows how to find a suitable audio interface input for recording computer playback, with workarounds if such an input is not available. Click the link to the tutorial for your operating system:
- Recording Computer Playback on Windows
- Recording Computer Playback on Mac
- Recording Computer Playback on Linux
Step 2: Turn Enable audible input monitoring off
Enable audible input monitoring must usually be turned off when recording computer playback. If playthrough is on, the audio interface will try to play what it is recording then re-record it, creating an increasingly loud series of echoes that may damage your equipment.
To turn off Enable audible input monitoring, choose Transport > Transport Options > Enable audible input monitoring to conveniently toggle playthrough off and on as required.
You can also use the Recording section of Audacity Preferences:
If you are recording computer playback with Soundflower on Mac you must keep Enable audible input monitoring on.
Step 3: Monitor and set initial sound levels
Before recording for real, try to set sound levels by playing similar material from your intended source and monitoring it in Audacity, so that the recording level will be neither too soft nor so loud as to risk clipping.
To turn monitoring on and off in the Recording Meter Toolbar:
- Left-click in the microphone icon or right-click in the Recording Meter and select «Enable Silent Monitoring» to turn monitoring on. Click again to turn it off.
The aim is to adjust levels so that the long colored bars in Meter Toolbar do not exceed about -9.0 to \xe2\x80\x936.0 dB (or 0.5 if the meters are set to linear rather than dB). You can always amplify the recorded signal later if necessary.
See Meter Toolbars for a detailed description of what the meter display shows.
Both the output level of the audio you are recording and the level it is being recorded at will determine the achieved input level of the recording. Thus to achieve the correct recording level you should use both the recording and playback level sliders on Mixer Toolbar:
and probably the volume control on the website or player software as well. It may be best to check that the Audacity playback slider and the website or player slider are turned up by about the same amount, rather than having one output slider way down and the other way up.
| Always keep an eye on the Recording Meter Toolbar bars to make sure they do not actually reach the right edge, or the red hold lights to right of the meter will come on, indicating clipping distortion in the recording. Enlarging Meter Toolbar by clicking and dragging the right-hand edge may help with this task. See Resizing and Undocking. |
Step 4: Make a test recording
Make a test recording to refine levels if necessary.
Start the audio playing on the computer then click the Record button in Transport Toolbar. Record for long enough to find the loudest likely part, then click the Stop button .
Have a look at the recorded waveform — there should be no clipping visible. Clipping is bad — this is when the volume of the source sent to Audacity is louder than Audacity can record. The result is that the tops and bottoms of the recorded wave are chopped off («clipped»). The illustrations below show about 0.004 seconds of a properly recorded waveform then a clipped waveform. You will need to zoom in to inspect the waveform as closely as this, but extended lengths of clipping will also be visible at lower zoom levels.
A properly recorded waveform 
A clipped waveform 
You can also check for clipping by choosing View > Show Clipping in Waveform from the menu. Audacity will display vertical red lines in the waveform wherever it detects any clipped samples.
Show Clipping in Waveform may detect clipping when Meter Toolbar does not, because Meter Toolbar detects only runs of four or more clipped samples.
Any clipping of three samples or less is unlikely to be audible in most recording circumstances, but it is still a good idea to turn the playback or recording level down if you can.
| On slower machines it is best to turn Show Clipping in Waveform off when recording for real. |
If clipping occurred, turn the recording or output level down a little and try again.
If no clipping occurred you can now Edit > Undo Record from the menu to remove the test recording(s) then make the real recording.
Step 5: Make the real recording
Click the Record button in the Transport Toolbar then start the audio playing on the computer. Continue recording for as long as you want, but keep an eye on the «disk space remaining» message (in the Status Bar at the bottom of the Project Window) and on the Recording Meter (to ensure that you are maintaining a good level without clipping).
When you have finished recording, click the Stop button .
Step 6: Backup the capture
It is strongly recommended that you Export a safety copy of the raw recording in uncompressed WAV or AIFF format. This is particularly important if the recording is a one-off and cannot be repeated. The backup can always be returned to should you make a mess of your subsequent editing. For extra safety or convenience you could also copy the backup to an external drive or a CD — either a data CD for playing on the computer or an audio or «music» CD for a CD player. Find out more at Burning music files to a CD.
At this stage you will probably want to use File > Save Project > Save Project (or File > Save Project > Backup Project for a staged safety copy) before proceeding with any editing. This is useful if you want to come back to editing later on.
Step 7: Editing
For information on editing please refer to Basic Recording, Editing and Exporting
If you have not been able to make a test recording and find that you have some clipping in the real recording then, provided that the clipping is not too severe, you may be able to repair the clipping with Audacity’s Effect > Clip Fix . You should use the Clip Fix effect to repair any clipping immediately after recording and prior to undertaking any further editing.
Как записать звук с компьютера в Audacity
Сегодня практически каждый пользователь использует функцию записи аудио. Функцию применяют для различных целей, включая подготовку к деловым встречам, создание подкастов или просто запись важной информации. В 2022 году пользователю может потребоваться в некоторые моменты записывать звук компьютера.
За последние десять лет, пользователи ПК получили простые приложения для записи и конвертации аудио в цифровом формате. Однако каждый стремиться записать аудио с ПК в более высоком качестве. Улучшить качество аудио помогают как ПО, так и дополнительные устройства, но во многих инструментах довольно сложно разобраться.
Хотите записать аудио на свой компьютер? Вы попали на нужную страницу. Независимо от того, хотите ли вы озвучить видео или просто записать несколько голосовых заметок, вы можете с легкостью выполнить запись на ПК. В статье представлены различные методы по записи звука.
На странице представлена информация именно об улучшении качества звука, а не подборка приложений для аудиозаписи. Статья также может пригодиться пользователям с микрофоном и записывающим оборудованием.
Запись голоса в Windows
В случае с записью ПК или настольного компьютера, важно понимать, что большинство ОС поддерживают предустановленное ПО для записи по умолчанию. Большинство пользователей не знакомы с предустановленными приложениями и скачивают сторонние приложения для записи звука. Не важно, используете ли вы Windows 7, 8, 10 или 11. Операционная система Windows поддерживает инструмент записи в каждой версии. Инструмент уже встроен в вашу систему, достаточно активировать приложение и записать звук. Не знаете, как воспользоваться встроенным инструментом записи? Воспользуйтесь инструкциями ниже:
- Перейдите в параметры поиска вашей Windows и введите в нем «Диктофон».
- Нажмите на кнопку поиска, и приложение для записи голоса появится в разделе топ-поисковых запросов.
- Просто откройте приложение, и на экране появится кнопка записи. Вам потребуется только нажать на значок записи, и приложение начнет записывать ваш звук с вашего микрофона. По окончанию нажмите на кнопку «остановить запись», и запись автоматически сохранится на вашем компьютере.
Запись голоса на Mac
Используйте систему Mac? В таком случае вы также можете воспользоваться приложением для записи. Просто следуйте инструкциям, приведенным ниже:
Записи можно создавать с встроенным, внешним микрофоном или гарнитуры. Готовые записи можно прослушивать на любом из устройств при входе в систему с тем же идентификатором Apple ID на своем iPad, iPhone или Mac.
- Нажмите на кнопку записи (или используйте сенсорную панель) в приложении «Голосовые заметки» на вашем Mac.
- Нажав на кнопку паузы, вы можете приостановить видео. Вы можете возобновить просмотр видео, нажав кнопку Возобновить.
- В нижней части страницы нажмите «Готово», когда закончите.
Запись голоса с помощью Audacity
Да, вы можете записать звук с помощью встроенных инструментов. Однако многие сторонние приложения, такие как Audacity, предоставляют доступ к большему количеству возможностей и лучшему качеству. Выполните следующие действия, чтобы использовать Audacity для записи звука с вашего ПК.
- Прежде всего, вам необходимо загрузить программное обеспечение audacity на свой компьютер. Различные версии Audacity доступны для разных операционных систем. Итак, выберите версию «audacity windows 7», «audacity windows 8», «audacity windows 10» или «audacity mac» в зависимости от используемой вами операционной системы.
- После установки запустите программное обеспечение, интерфейс появится на вашем экране.
- Далее необходимо настроить выпадающие списки над временной шкалой. Самая дальняя функция слева должна быть «Windows WASAPI». Далее из списка справа выберите «Динамики (Realtek(R) Audio) (loopback)».
- Важно установить канал записи на 2 (стерео). В противном случае, может появится сообщение об ошибке. Убедитесь, что устройство вывода настроено на соответствующие динамики
- Как только вы закончите, нажмите на красный кружок в верхней части экрана, и Audacity запишет звук из ваших динамиков. Запись автоматически приостанавливается, если звук не обнаружен. Вы также можете остановиться, нажав серую кнопку остановки вверху в любое время
- Редактор аудио, такие как Audacity, позволяет вам редактировать запись и экспортировать аудио в несколько форматов.
Заключение
Именно так вы сможете записать аудио. Воспользуйтесь двумя простыми способами из статьи. Записывайте звук с устройства (например, аудио из вашего микрофона) с помощью встроенного приложения «Диктофон» для Windows / Mac 10 или Audacity. Оба приложения чрезвычайно просто использовать. Хотите получить аудио наилучшего качества? Попробуйте аудиоинструменты Filmora. Да, Audacity также предоставляет некоторые функции для редактирования звука, однако с инструментами и голосовыми настройками от filmora вы можете добавлять множество эффектов и выполнять профессиональное редактирование. Попробуйте, приложение доступно бесплатно.
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