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Gale, is this really RC2 - in the install process it's badged as RC1-2

Thanks,
Peter.

Thanks for all the responses. It sounds like it doesn't matter which brand of PC I buy, since they've all disabled the "what-u-hear" (or stereo mix, etc) feature. And that there's a solution to this problem for at least the main PC brands, soundcards and drivers. I'll probably end up with...

I think the latest Audacity version has software to make this process easier, but you would need to chat with a Windows person. Yup there is a new host available on windows applications: In addition to MME and Windows Direct Sound there is now WASAPI loopback. Works fine and dandy on my Tosh satell...

It probably shows up if you scroll through and read all of the entries in the Keyboard panel of Preferences. It does indeed show up - but you don't need to scroll - try selecting "Tracks" in the Category drop-down at the top, then you will see Ctll+Shift+M at the bottom of the pane, But n...

What I mean is my headphones don't mute the speakers at the moment ... In which case I'm foxed as I've never had a windows PC do that :? Googling "headphones don't mute the speakers on my PC" yields several results a lot on Linux-based systems and a few on Windows - but I didn't see any o...

Sometimes catches me out the following morning though if I have set it that way for an unattended overnight timed recording.

I can then spend ages trying to figure out why I get no sound, adjusting various settings on the PC - until the penny drops

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I do that by plugging in a 3.5mm stereo jack (with no lead attached) into the headphone socket of my PC.

Make sure that neither Windows or your soundcard software are adding "enhancements" to the headphone sound - some try to add bass-boost.

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Basically you just select the sections you don't want by clicking and dragging with the cursor and then pressing Delete or Ctrl+K

More precise selections can be made by using labels

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You can also use it as the output sound device of you connect to an amp and speakers.

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Danny77 wrote:Am I right in thinking that the Behringer will effectively bypass the 'recording' computer's soundcard because, by utilising the USB in, it's effectively working as a digital input to the PC?

That's precisely what it does