"record what you hear"

i can't find a way to do this with either my onboard or echo indigo in win7. i remember being able to with a soundblasters and other windows versions.

i see Virtual Audio Cable but was hoping to not have to install trial software or spend $$

i would also like to stay digital (not record my lineout)

any suggestions?

I've been using Audacity for this.

Some people have said that they can display stereo mix, or 'what you hear,' or whatever if you right click in this bit and select show disabled devices. I don't see it. Not in Vista or 7.

eleminoP - i've seen this suggested too, but no worky.

futuregirlfriend - yes that's what i've been reading as well, does not work for me either

Hmm, I have the beta 1.3.9 version and I see the option under Edit->Preferences->Devices->Recording Device.

Maybe that option isn't in the stable release.

Ah hah I found some working x64 Windows 7 drivers for my onboard audio and stereo mix shows up. Can't seem to record anything in Wavelab though.

  On 10/28/2009 at 1:50 AM, EleminoP said:

Hmm, I have the beta 1.3.9 version and I see the option under Edit->Preferences->Devices->Recording Device.

 

Maybe that option isn't in the stable release.

i don't think that is a feature exclusive to audicity but must be an option provided by your soundcard driver first

  On 10/28/2009 at 2:12 AM, futuregirlfriend said:

Ah hah I found some working x64 Windows 7 drivers for my onboard audio and stereo mix shows up. Can't seem to record anything in Wavelab though.

interesting, i guess i'll see what i can find for my onboard

Any joy?

In my case I have to find something to plug in one of the onboard holes so I'm able to select my onboard speaker output as the default playback device, then stereo mix as default recording then switch around audio settings in whatever application. Kind of a pain. Maybe Jack for Windows will be able to do something. I'll give it a shot on the weekend.

Here's a nsfw sampling opportunity for someone http://www.saynow.com/playMsg.html?ak=QzVkZUZxeW1xeWZLSmVEVmN2ZDVrdz09

no i didn't manage to do what i wanted

so i ended up using a stereo-to-stereo cable from the line-out, to the line-in

the signal to noise was good enough so i'm okay i guess, until i have enough time to really dig into this.

from scouring google results, it seems to be a common issue, and the solutions never seem to be universal

but if you do happen to find a solution, please do share!