# Audacity Recording Question!!!

**URL:** <https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/audacity-recording-question/36114>\
**Category:** General Discussion\
**Tags:** recording, audacity\
**Created:** [January 14, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/audacity-recording-question/36114 "2012-01-14T03:21:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![mdecasperis95](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bc79bd/32.png) [@mdecasperis95](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/mdecasperis95)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 3:21am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/audacity-recording-question/36114/1 "2012-01-14T03:21:31Z")

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**Audacity Recording Question!!!**

I have 2 numark v7’s and a macbook pro. Since your not able to record on v7’s, people have said to download Audacity and run RCA to Headphone jack from your booth/record on your mixer into the headphone jack on the laptop. But here’s where I’m stuck…what are the next steps to be able to record. Do I have to open a certain type of project? Do I have to change the inputs? Or will this way of recording not even work? If someone could please let me know how to do this then that would be great!

Thanks!

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**Author:** ![DarioJ](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/darioj/32/13317_2.png) [@DarioJ](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/DarioJ)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 3:31am UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/audacity-recording-question/36114/2 "2012-01-14T03:31:27Z")

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change the input to Built-in input. Then you should be able to follow the steps in this video to check and make a quality recording.

![](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/uploads/techtools/optimized/3X/f/4/f4d1afb894ae2628e3101057e14c407dd4b586fb_2_690x388.jpeg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/likk4fbEblg?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=PLDE48AE966B7C0FF3

Once audacity is being fed the audio, then hit the red(opaque) record button on the top left corner.

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**Author:** ![photojojo](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex001/user_avatar/forum.djtechtools.com/photojojo/32/14618_2.png) [@photojojo](https://forum.djtechtools.com/u/photojojo)\
**Post date:** [January 14, 2012, 8:07pm UTC](https://forum.djtechtools.com/t/audacity-recording-question/36114/3 "2012-01-14T20:07:24Z")

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> [@mdecasperis95](#):
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> run RCA to Headphone jack from your booth/record on your mixer into the headphone jack on the laptop. !

You need yo run it to a input not headphone. Unless you have a jack that can distinguish from input and output.