Hello, the names Priest. First time poster and newbie to the game.

I would greatly appreeicate any advice or tips I can get on recording audio from the white and red RCA plugs to my computer.

What I have

1) Realtek HD soundcard. Has 1 line in port, 1 front line out port, 1 back line out port. (the base card that came with my Gateway)

2) Audacity w/ lame.dll

3) White and Red RCA cable double male.

4) a cord with the RCA female ports on one end and a standard audio male tip on the other end (like the end of a headphones)

My objective

To record background music from various playstation/dreamcast games and anime DVDs with the best quality possible.

My current method and results

I currently plug the "3) RCA cable" from the game systems or DVD player into that "4) cable" and then plug the "4) cable" into the input on my sound card. Then I record the imcoming sound with Audacity. So far I haven't used any of the advanced features of Audacity except fade in and fade out. The result is a "fair" recording that sounds a slight bit distant and sort of "off". The recordings usaully lack bass and seem to be bit too much tribble. Overall quality seems to be about 7.5 out of 10 (10 being the source). What can I do to get a more exact capture of the incoming sound? Also, I sometimes let the sound play thru the speakers while I record, would that mess with the recording in any way?

Thankyou in advance.

-Priest