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Audacity can record sounds that are playing on the computer: http://manual.audacityteam.org/man/tuto ... ndows.html
The "Stereo Mix" option is rarely available these days, but the WASAPI method is usually straightforward to set up.

In the device toolbar, try setting both the recording and playback devices to:
HDA Intel PCH: ALC1220 Analog (hw:0,0)

Apart from sounding muffled and generally bad quality, does this sound about right for tempo and pitch?

That all looks fine. I'm trying to find something that doesn't ;) Could you post a short sample to illustrate the problem in WAV format . Just a few seconds is sufficient. (see here for how to post an audio sample https://forum.audacityteam.org/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=72887) Also, from Audacity &qu...

In light-theme the increase in screen-brightness when selecting audio is eye-watering, particularly when viewed full-screen ... I think that somewhat depends on the monitor. Personally, I like the "Classic" theme, but the consensus was to use one of the new themes as default so as to high...

Not yet resolved, but dealt with, so topic closed.

You behave like it's a fatal design flaw, when it's actually not thinking of something I don't understand what you are trying to say, You spotted a bug, albeit very much a "fringe" case, but a bug nevertheless. I've located the cause of the bug and proposed a fix, which is now in the hand...

What do the following commands give you?

No escape from "light" theme :cry: ... I think that the intention is to gradually propagate the theme across other GUI elements, but a lot more work is required to make all of the dialogs themeable, I think it makes sense to start with the main window and expand from there, which is where...

The Light Theme is currently the default, and as with other graphic elements, illustrations in the manual use the defaults where it is practical to do so. If you look closely you may notice that many of the illustrations in the 2.2.0 manual have been cropped to make them more neutral regarding the s...