i suspect this thing might have a very high latency. generally speaking a usb interface will be the best option for you, but it's definately worth investing a bit more.

My friend's netbook's the same way, one port that does both.
I'll have to find a 3-line headset somewhere and see if it works.
I think I'll just end up getting something like this for quick recording.

http://www.dealextreme.com/p/usb-to-aud … -card-9723

say what? a mic+headphone all in one jack? never heard of that. but it doesn't surprise me that it doesn't work.
are you sure it's a normal jack and not a 3-line headset jack?

Nope. It's an Asus EeePC 1001PX.
It might not be that because I can do the internal mix recording just fine with pulseaudio.
However I can't figure out how to record from my mic jack. (it's one of those mic + headphone all in one jacks)

Aiite, thanks again man, really appreciate it

yep, that seems to be the idea.

anyway, as it's a software config it should be possible to work around somehow. i remember reading something about recompiling certain kernel modules... well, you'll have to research yourself.

alternatively, you can of course always plug your line-out (or even headphone-out) into the line-in. it requires soldering in a resistor or capacitor though. to be honest i haven't tried it myself. but there are a lot of websites about this, so just get googling

a lot of computers dell or otherwise have started doing this

is it so we don't thief things from youtube/spotify?

@irrlichtproject I have a Packard Bell notebook, but that's good to know, thanks.

you don't happen to have a DELL netbook? dell has a policy of disabling internal mix recording, which would explain why the sliders don't show up in alsamixer. they offer a patch for that, too, but not for linux

Yeah, I normally use the pulseaudio volume thing for this stuff, but I'd like to use alsa instead.
As for hardware, this is all on my netbook, no external hardware or anything.

'm sorry nitro2k01, and thank you to everyone else

I've moved this to software and plugins. The forum sections are there for a reason.

@The Silph Scope: if you give me some hardware specs, maybe i can help. generally this can be due to a number of reasons, eg. incorrect setup of sound device (try F6 in alsamixer), using an external (usb) sound device, or conflicting drivers (jackd/pulseaudio). also make sure to start alsamixer before you start audacity. in any case you might want to try recording through pulse instead, by using the Pulse Audio Volume Control tool. if it's not installed,

$ sudo apt-get install pavucontrol

good luck.

Hmm I only see "Mic Boost" and "Capture", no "Mix".

on ubuntu, recording the stereo mix in audacity works a little different than on windows.

you have to select the source via alsamixer rather than in audacity itself.

to do this, open your console, then type

$ alsamixer

(without the $ obviously)

now hit F4 to get to the recording tab, then select "Mix" as the source of your recording.

Now start Audacity and you can record from whatever source you select in alsamixer.

edit: if that doesn't work then disable jack before starting alsamixer -

$ kill jackd