Music Audio will capture neither sound card nor internet radio

[MikeSmith]

Please help. I am running Windows 7 and 64 bit with Creative card. After entering Music Audio I do not see the audio sound bar on either internet radio or from cassette.

I believe the line in is correctly installed to sound card. I recorded fine from same line in on a differnt PC Windows XP and Microsoft Digital Media Edition. There are no mutes and no disabled devices.

 

If I chose capture from speakers, even though I can hear from them for internet radio, I get error message "could not open sound device (speakers (sound blaster X.Fi Xtreme Audio))"

 

I have no reason to belive that the software needs to be reinstalled but in any case I am not sure how to do it as I downloded new from Roxio.

 

Any help or ideas I would be gratfeul.

 

Thanks

[sknis]

Please help. I am running Windows 7 and 64 bit with Creative card. After entering Music Audio I do not see the audio sound bar on either internet radio or from cassette.

I believe the line in is correctly installed to sound card. I recorded fine from same line in on a differnt PC Windows XP and Microsoft Digital Media Edition. There are no mutes and no disabled devices.

 

If I chose capture from speakers, even though I can hear from them for internet radio, I get error message "could not open sound device (speakers (sound blaster X.Fi Xtreme Audio))"

 

I have no reason to belive that the software needs to be reinstalled but in any case I am not sure how to do it as I downloded new from Roxio.

 

Any help or ideas I would be gratfeul.

 

Thanks

 

Are you using Digitize LP and Tapes or Capture Music from Sound Card.

 

Chances are that the audio settings are not correct. Sorry, I am using Vista so I can't post any images. Go into recording devices and see if your setting for the devices are enabled. This is the Vista setup. If you don't see all the devices, right click on a device and select show disabled devices.

 

 

[MikeSmith]

Are you using Digitize LP and Tapes or Capture Music from Sound Card.

 

Chances are that the audio settings are not correct. Sorry, I am using Vista so I can't post any images. Go into recording devices and see if your setting for the devices are enabled. This is the Vista setup. If you don't see all the devices, right click on a device and select show disabled devices.

 

 

Thanks Steve, I confirm that the line in is as you describe. There are no disabled devices. I get the same result - no recording level- from both Digitixe LP and tapes and from Capture Audio from sound card.

 

I am at a loss. Mike

[sknis]

Thanks Steve, I confirm that the line in is as you describe. There are no disabled devices. I get the same result - no recording level- from both Digitixe LP and tapes and from Capture Audio from sound card.

 

I am at a loss. Mike

 

What options do you see here? Have you tried them all. Are you sure that the volume of the device is more than 1/2 way and not muted? What are you capturing from? I hesitate to ask but are you sure you are pluggedinto the righ jack on your sound card?

[MikeSmith]

What options do you see here? Have you tried them all. Are you sure that the volume of the device is more than 1/2 way and not muted? What are you capturing from? I hesitate to ask but are you sure you are pluggedinto the righ jack on your sound card?

 

Thanks for your help. I agree that clearly I am doing something wrong.

I see 4 options

Digital Audio (S/PDIF) Sioundblaster X-Fi ...)

Line In (Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio)

Speakers (Sound Blaster X-Fi ...) Here I get the error message "could not open sound device!"

Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (soundblaster ....)

 

I believe the line in is at the correct jack because the Line In from Control Panel / sounds/ recording / line in is ticked. The only spare slot is middle micophone. Changing it makes no difference.

 

One thing - when the source is playing I only hear it from the source spreakers not the PC. When the internet is playing I hear the 5.1 speakers. I am not sure if that is normal or not.

 

I wonder if there is some conflict with media player but I have checked all the controls on MP.

 

Thanks Mike

 

 

[MikeSmith]

Thanks for your help. I agree that clearly I am doing something wrong.

I see 4 options

Digital Audio (S/PDIF) Sioundblaster X-Fi ...)

Line In (Soundblaster X-Fi Xtreme Audio)

Speakers (Sound Blaster X-Fi ...) Here I get the error message "could not open sound device!"

Digital Audio (S/PDIF) (soundblaster ....)

 

I believe the line in is at the correct jack because the Line In from Control Panel / sounds/ recording / line in is ticked. The only spare slot is middle micophone. Changing it makes no difference.

 

One thing - when the source is playing I only hear it from the source spreakers not the PC. When the internet is playing I hear the 5.1 speakers. I am not sure if that is normal or not.

 

I wonder if there is some conflict with media player but I have checked all the controls on MP.

 

Thanks Mike

 

 

Thanks to all who helped above. It gave me confidence and poited in the right direction. I went to Creative sound card / soundblaster X Fi / console launcher and changed some settings including increasing the volume higher than it was. Not sure exactly what changed and I could probably have used a fifferent route but I find that I can record from internet radio and from LPs but sadly it seems I was wrong to try the cassette presumably the hardware. Many thanks again Mike

[sknis]

Thanks to all who helped above. It gave me confidence and poited in the right direction. I went to Creative sound card / soundblaster X Fi / console launcher and changed some settings including increasing the volume higher than it was. Not sure exactly what changed and I could probably have used a fifferent route but I find that I can record from internet radio and from LPs but sadly it seems I was wrong to try the cassette presumably the hardware. Many thanks again Mike

 

Well, 2 out of 3 is a start. Hopefully you'll find another setting that you can change. Just a point, if you are recording from LP and do not have a preamp or amp, you are going to have problems with volume (or get nothing at all). If you then go to cassette, which doesn't need the preamp, you may overdrive the audio device and you could blow it or it could just kick out.

Are you going directly from the cassette to your sound card or to an amp to your sound card.