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... really wondering if I ever did indeed have "What you hear" on Vista. It's possible that you did but that a driver update disabled the feature. On the other hand perhaps you just had it on XP. The term "What U Hear" is only used by Creative Labs (SoundBlaster) as far as I'm aware. ...

... point is: Support for "Stereo Mix" (also known as "What U Hear") is increasingly being dropped both by Microsoft and sound card ... really wondering if I ever did indeed have "What you hear" on Vista. Thanks again, Kevin

... is NOT an Audacity problem, I'm glad you realised that - saves a couple of messages. Support for "Stereo Mix" (also known as "What U Hear") is increasingly being dropped both by Microsoft and sound card manufacturers. If it is available, it is often hidden and disabled. On ...

I have used Audacity for many years, though only occasionally under Vista. I am trying to record using the "What you Hear" input option. This had been available last time I used it, about a year ago. At least I'm pretty sure it did. Now the "What ...

... what I hear through my computer speakers. The "traditional" way to do that is to record from "Stereo Mix". Unfortunately in Vista and Win 7 it has become increasing common for that option to be either hidden, or totally disabled. See here for how to enable the option if available, ...

steve wrote:Why have you selected "What U Hear"? What are you trying to record?

Many newer sound cards do not have "What U Hear" on Windows 7 (or Vista).

I'm trying to record what winamp plays...
in other words simply, whats going out of the line-outs

Your particular computer may not permit you to record “what-u-hear” (i.e. the game sounds).

http://forum.audacityteam.org/search.ph ... -u-hear%22

Do the headphones connect to the computer via USB? These would then be a separate playback device. You can't then record stereo ... has to be playing on the SoundBlaster device. If "All Sound Recorder Vista" works around this then it's probably sending the audio to SoundBlaster ...

... device: Speakers Creative SB X-Fi (not connected) or Speakers 2 - USB PnP Sound Device (connected to my keyboard while not recording) Input ... of headphones while recording? I Tryed program "All Sound Recorder Vista" and it does record... not need to unplug headphones, just set ...

... THE RESPONSES TO THE DETAILS REQUESTED: What version of Windows do you have? Which sound card? WINDOWS 7 Home Premium On Board Audio - 7.1 CH ... Settings (RealTech) - 16 Bits, 44100 Hz (CD Quality) On Windows 7 (and Vista too I think) some sound card drivers no longer have the stereo mix ...