Audacity Forum

... a Dell Laptop Inspiron 1525 with a Sigma Tel sound driver (w/Windows Vista). When recording streaming audio, I am picking up external sound sources ... How can I disable this feature so that I am only recording the "what you hear from the speaker" sounds? My previous Audacity experience ...

I have a Dell laptop (XPS M1710) with a SigmaTel audio device. The newest drivers for 32bit Vista were created in early 2007. No matter what I do, I cannot get an option for 'Stereo Mix" under Audio I/O recording preference. I also did the recommended setting to "Show ...

... speakers thru the receiver and through my computer.. I also have iTurnes and Quick Time. I have Windows XP SP2 on this computer and I have Windows Vista Ultimate on another computer. I am using XP now on this computer. There is no way I can get the tape player to play the tape and then record it ...

... traditionally has given you the ability to record "Mix Output" or "What You Hear." In either case, it routes the speaker feed back into Audacity. That process may have been abbreviated in Vista because it can cause troubles for casual users. http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#Using_the_Control_Panel

... However, it appears that the card in the Dell machines is some sort of 'joint venture' between Dell and Creative, and doesn't include the 'What U Hear' drivers. Some people suggest buying the retail card to get the drivers since (supposedly) the drivers downloaded from the Creative site will ...

There is no "What You Hear" or "Stereo Mix" for me anywhere, unfortunately. :( A google ... vista/ As you can see from other comments, however, it just does ...

... have "Stereo Mix" -- a common problem with Vista computers, I'm discovering -- I don't have ... as asking if I could record a "Sound Mix" and "What U Hear," which is not what I was asking. I just gave both ...

... that supports "Stereo Mix" or "What U Hear" with Vista -- that's another story. My goal is to be ...

... but I also want to be able to record some stuff from my scanner radio, and would like to be able to still monitor while recording. I'm using Vista, so I don't know if that makes any difference or not. Any information / tips / comments / suggestions anyone can provide will be greatly appreciated. ...

... the problem. The suggestion you pointed to I read but I don't have a "what you hear" choice with my computers. I will go buy and try the Behringer UCA202 if I can find it ...