ive seen such mixing desks for a couple of hundred bucks in australia (dont know where you live). It doesn't bother me but if you need an audio file like an mp3 you would have to figure out how to convert the video file you made into an audio file (I don't know how to do that, but there are plenty of resources out there that tell you).So long as it doesnt matter that your multiple tracks are recorded to one track in audacity you can buy a small mixing desk with say 4 inputs and record through that and have the out put going into your single sound card input (ie through the headphone jack on the desk to the line in on your soundcard.) These small desks are relatively cheap and will allow you to alter eq’s and gains etc so you can make each instrument or whatever you are doing sound just as you want it before it goes into audacity. If you want to record only speaker output and not the mic, simply mute the microphone with a press of a button.
If you only want to record audio, just record without a video source and it will make a blank video with your recording. Just record with OBS and it will just make a video with your audio in it. Googling "install OBS" or similar should bring up recent installation instructions tailored to your machine. Don't use the installation instructions from people here since it might be outdated. Just like the other user here, install and use Open Broadcaster Software (OBS). Or if you also need to video record your computer screen on top of the audio as well.Īnyways, been pulling my hair out forever googling for an answer that is simple to use and provides everything I need. Note: Okay this answer might seem like a cop-out but it works and its great software, especially if you want to record your speaker output and microphone output at the same time. Now, audacity should pick up the virtual sound card's input, which contains both the real sound card's input and output, while your speakers/headphones will still be reproducing the real sound card's output only, so you won't be hearing your microphone. If you're using the ALSA plug-in, as depicted in the OP's screenshot, set "ALSA Capture from" to "Monitor of Virtual-Sound-Card" in the "Recording" tab. Next, open pavucontrol, navigate to the "Recording" tab and set the real sound card's input and output as the sources for each loopback, which in the OP's case would be "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" and "Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo".įinally, navigate pavucontrol's "Input Devices" tab and set the monitor of the virtual sound card as the fallback device (by clicking the button with a check mark in a green circle to the right of "Monitor of Virtual-Sound-Card").Įxample of virtual sound card set as fallback Pactl load-module module-loopback sink=Virtual1 pacmd load-module module-null-sink sink_name=Virtual1 sink_properties=scription=Virtual-Sound-Card The following is adapted from this solution to a more complex problem.įirst create a sink to be used as a virtual sound card, and add two loopbacks into it, which will be used to route the real sound card's input and output. Is there a way to record both the "Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" and the "Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo" at the same time? If so, how?īy creating a virtual sound card and looping back both the real sound card's input and output into it, it's possible to record both, without hearing yourself speak. But this is tedious and does not allow interruptions in the conversation to be recorded. The closest I have come to achieving my goal is to manually toggle the "ALSA Capture from" option between option 2 and option 3 during a conversation. I'm trying to figure out how to record both sides of the conversation simultaneously. This means that using Audacity, I can only record one side of the conversation at any given time. If I choose option 3, only outbound audio is recorded. If I choose option 2, only inbound audio is recorded. If I choose option 1, no sound is recorded in Audacity. Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo.Monitor of GF108 High Definition Audio Controller Digital Stereo (HDMI).In the PulseAudio Volume Control, there are 3 options available (see screenshot). This almost works the way I want it to, but not perfectly because I can only record either outbound audio, or inbound audio, but not both simultaneously. I followed the section for PulseAudio in this tutorial. I will refer to audio travelling from my computer to the phone as outbound audio, and audio travelling from the phone to my computer as inbound audio. In this example, I'm making an outbound phone call from my computer to a person on a normal phone. I'm trying to record a phone call made with Google Voice Chat using Audacity.