Recording Using CoolEdit2000

I am interested in getting some advise from somebody that has some experience running CoolEdit2000.

I want to make a recording from a tape recorder. I plug the recorder into my computer's LINE IN port and hear it play on my computer's loudspeakers. When I execute CoolEdit2000, choose FILE->NEW and then press the red record "button" I do not see any spectrum or level indication. Is there something else that needs to bve actuated when making a recording?

What I am asking is from a straight startup what needs to be done , step by step to make a recording?

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Did you select the correct recording source? Before you start recording, double click on the speaker icon in the system tray. Click options>properties and then tick the circle next to recording and click ok. Now put a checkmark in the box under line-in. Then, in CoolEdit, select file>new. If you want to make a cd from the recording be sure it's set to 44100 Hz and stero is selected. Then start the tape and press the record button in CoolEdit.

If you want to make a cd from the tape you can save yourself a bit of hassle if you record the entire tape to one large wav file. If you do make one file out of the whole tape you can use CoolEdit to split the tracks into individual tracks at the location of your choice. This comes in especially handy for live recordings because you can split the file into individual tracks but if you play the cd you make without skipping tracks, it'll sound just as it does on the tape. If on the tape, a song ends and there's applause and the applause leads right into the next song, it'll be the same on the cd. If you record each one individually from the tape you'll always have a couple seconds of silence between each song.

To do this, do the following. I copied and pasted this from a forum I used to visit but am not able to post a link to the exact page because it seems to no longer be available (or, at least I couldn't find it). The website itself is www.audioforums.com . They have a forum for specifically for CoolEdit called Syntrilliuim.

It sounds like a bunch but it's really quite simple and you'll be much happier with the end result than if you just record each song individually. When you burn the files to a cd, be sure to burn them in the same order as they are on the tape. Not so important maybe if it's not a live tape but for a live tape......