Changed hardware - static issues

Posted on Mar 23, 2006 03:20 pm
minnip
Member Since: Mar 23, 2006

Hi people; first time poster - have a question.

Only ever used Wavelab as a means to backup (unfulfilled potential I know)princicpally old records and old tapes onto digital. My old PC worked well and I had no issues.

However, the old PC died and I am now using a laptop for the same purpose - a Tosh Satellite Pro (an older model). Got my 3.5mm to Phono jack and plugged it into the Mic socket on the front of the laptop, and sound comes through fine, but... there is also a underlying static being redcorded as well. My first schoolboy error was that I didn't deselect the Microsoft SoundMapper audio card, which I have now done - I selected the only other option available, which was the Yamaha AC-XG WDM Audio card. However, the static problem still exists.

I conducted a control recording (unplugging all external cables, and recording nothing) and the static is still there.

My conclusion is that either a) my laptop is crap and there is nothing I can do about it or b) I have somehow missed a simple setting in the Options/Preferences tab. I really hope it is the latter, so that I can get on with backing up my analog music.

Can anybody help me?
Sean

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