Recording from Mixer to laptop

[Phlixel]

Hows it going, I need quite simple advice; I want to record my mixes from CDjs on to CD and be able to edit when tracks start/end like a conventional mixed CD. I have little experience in doing this and have so far been recording onto my laptop using a number of different software packages that all give awful sound quality when I play the mixes back. Is there a gold standard programme that I could download/buy or anything else I am missing?Using the laptop to play the music live via a line in from the mixer sounds fine, so I am guessing its not the soundcard, but I am too new to this to know

Thanks for your help!

[DJ BLACK]

i read your post but i didn't quite understand what are you trying to do..you want to cut your recorded mixes...please be more specific.i'm sure we'll be able to help you if you give us some extra explanations

[Paulie_p]

1. Laptop sound cards are usually shite, may need to get an external one

2. getting some proper software will defo help, there are loads on the market!

3. make shure you not red-lining the mixer

[Phlixel]

Thanks for your help; to clarify I want to record and cut mixes, just wondering about the best software to do so. and if there is a minimum requirement as far as sound cards are concerned. Im using quite a basic set up (stanton c.314s and an m304 mixer) with a line going from the mixer to the laptop, the quality of the recording has been really bad with the few software packages I have tried so far. Any further advice would be much appreciated.


Cheers.

[DJ BLACK]

recording software this might help

[Phlixel]

Can anyone suggest a good sound card for recording mixes with high quality, for around £50-100?
After buying the mixcraft software package as suggested my mixes still sound filtered and muffled, when playing them back. I am pretty sure its because im going from phono/rca output on my mixer to a single microphone input jack on a crap sound card, is this likely? and does anyone know why it is that when I play the music through this same route (from my mixer to my laptop) it sounds fine, but after recording its poor quality regardless of the softare?

Cheers, and sorry if not very clear my terminology is incredibly basic right now!

[Ian_k]

creative used to do the audigy notebook cards, for any windows based notebook with a pcmcia card slot, either that or go high end and get 1 of the usb /firwwire m audio cards

[minxy]

get a realy long wire


attach to both sides

[jfunk]

I use a creative usb soundblaster 5.1 . It cost £40 and comes with all the leeds you need to attach it to your mixer along with some recording software. It will record at 24bit 96Khz which is better than CD quality.

As somone else has allready mentioned - - dont have your mixer in the red on the output. Idealy you want the levels to go up to 0db but not over. And keep an eye on it. If you get over excited and start turning up the levels then you will start to get "clipping" which will make your recording sound distorted