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... there you can set which Input your sound card uses for recording. Currently you have it set to "Stereo Mix" (it may be called "What U Hear"). You need to change the recording input to "Mic". An alternative way to make the same settings is from the Windows Control Panel, ...

Vista had some special considerations about recording internal audio (YouTube, etc), and Windows ... Windows Control Panel http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php?title=Mixer_Toolbar_Issues#Using_the_Control_Panel This is all I know about. If someone who is using Win7 drops in, we'll ...

"Stereo Mix" and "What U Hear" are creations of the hardware, drivers, and OS. Unless all of those ... do this without a lot of outside help, either. Total Recorder is available on Vista and I wouldn't be shocked to find it available on 7 as well. That's what I ...

I don't like Vista, so I probably will get Windows 7 I'm not overly keen on Vista either, but from what I hear Windows 7 is pretty similar to Vista. If you want to try Linux, Ubuntu is a good one to start with - you can even run ...

... Edit > Preferences > File Formats and click on Find Library. Navigate to the location where you saved the Lame Encoder file and install Lame. In Vista go to Control Panel > Sound. Click on the Recording Tab. Look for Stereo Mix. If you see it make sure it is enabled. If you don't see it R click ...

... won't do that out of the box without a lot of help, for example. What-U-Hear or Mix-Out are a combined ballet between the OS and the sound card drivers. One of the common failures with Windows Vista was a sucky ballet. "In Windows XP, I could... How come now I can't...?" ...

What-U-Hear is insanely dangerous Perhaps a little overstated - testing to see if a light socket ... cause feedback. I'm not sure how you set this in Windows 7 (never used it) but in XP/Vista you can double click on a loudspeaker icon (near the Time/Date) to open up the Windows ...

Upgraded from XP to Windows 7 64 a few days ago, but I'm running into some trouble now. I've ... jew on me and taken away the "What U Hear" service for this line of cards in Vista and Windows 7 (guess they want me to buy a 100 dollar sound card in order to get these ...

Go into the Windows Control Panel and make sure that "Stereo Mix" is available as a recording option.
See here: http://wiki.audacityteam.org/index.php? ... ng_devices

I have used Audacity successfully to record "what you hear" with Vista SP2. I just installed Windows 7 Home Premium. Audacity 1.3.9 will play any imported sound file fine, but I cannot get it to record sounds from the Internet. The familiar choicees ...