I want to record music again on my laptop.

[NeptuneUK]

But last time I tried I got cockloads of static randomly after several seconds of trying to record.

lolWUT?

Situation:

I use my external soundcard to use audio applications such as Reason and Guitar Rig etc, I record using cool edit using my onboard sound on my laptop.
Once for example I have recorded drums, I will open another cool edit window and record music from the external soundcard while looping the beat to keep it in time.

This method has worked for me for several years with no issues. Now all of a sudden for no logical reason I can't record like this. If I open two cool edit windows at once I cant play a loop and record at the same time because my EXTERNAL soundcard produces static.
This defies all logic, seeing as cool edit is using my onboard sound NOT my external soundcard, how the hell would opening two cool edit windows possibly affect my external soundcard when it has nothing to do with it?
I get the same problem when using Audacity as well.

I need to either fix this problem or record some other way.



More information :

External sound card : Lexicon Lambda USB

Windows Vista 32-bit.
2Gig RAM
Core 2 Duo 1.67Ghz

Using laptop onboard audio (Realtek)


This is what happens : http://media.putfile.com/WTF-Audio-Problems

edit: Putfile is being a shit too... NOTHING ****ING WORKS?!!!!! **** YOU!!!! ARGH

 

[Tyguy]

drivers/sound card/input jacks

all the help i can give you, i just my guitar into the amp, the amp into a foot pedal, and the pedal into my sound card. I have problems with it not being loud enough sometimes though, stupid technology. (stupid me)

 

[Vegeta897]

Wait... if you're using a usb soundcard, why do you mention your Laptop's onboard audio? You shouldn't be using that at all. Your USB audio device should be your primary sound driver for playback and recording.

Edit: This is what I get for not reading the OP more carefully..

Umm, sounds like kind of a problematic way of recording. Why do you have to have the sound playing in CoolEdit? Just use CoolEdit for recording, and play your metronome in some other audio playback program.