On my laptop, I don’t have any other earphones or microphones. I want to simply record a poem recital and background music using cool edit pro2. Please give me some advice.

It is best to use separate microphones and headphones, so the effect will be better. Without headphones, the soundtrack played during recording will be recorded, which may cause howling; recording with the laptop's built-in microphone may record the noise when the machine is running.

Teach you step-by-step to record poetry recitation with soundtrack:

Use cool edit to record poetry recitation with soundtrack: Turn on the microphone switch before recording, run COOL EDIT PRO and then turn on: Recording mixer: As shown below (note: the sound card used in the computer is different, the recording control adjustment panel is also different)

In the pop-up dialog box. Select the microphone and adjust the microphone volume

1: Click in the upper left corner to switch to the multi-track interface, right-click on the waveform window of audio track 1 and select Insert audio file (insert your soundtrack), as follows Figure

2: Prepare the microphone, adjust the microphone volume, and put on the headphones. Press the R key on track 2, then press the record key, listen to the soundtrack in the headphones, and recite along with the soundtrack

3: After reciting, press to stop recording (the processing of the recording is ignored here ), click in the menu: Edit/Mix to file/All waveforms, as shown below

4: The software will start processing. After mixing is completed, the software will automatically jump to the editing interface, click on file: Save as;

5: In the pop-up: Save Waveform As dialog box, find MP3PRO in the Save Type and select it. After naming it, press the Save button. Note: You can choose the type of file to save according to your own needs. Generally, it is saved as a file in MP3 format.