Recording streaming audio

[LamboLuver]

Hello,
I am having some trouble recording exactly what I am hearing out of my computer's speakers. In the recording selection drop-down menu, I only have three options; Rear Mic, Microphone, and Line In. There is no "Stereo Mix" or "Wave Out" option like I have read about in other help answers. I can just select the "Line In" option, and even though there is nothing plugged into my computer (other than my regular speakers to the Audio Out jack), it still sees and records the audio playing on my computer, but it is very quiet and "tinny" or lacks all bass tones.

I have also tried to connect my "Audio Out" to my "Line In" jack using a cord, but the only thing it records is an extremely loud version of the music. I turn down the system volume and my recording volume in Audacity, but it is not affected and is still very loud. When it gets this loud, the recording comes out distorted and un-listenable.

I would really appreciate it if someone had a solution to this problem and would be willing to take a moment and help me out.

Thanks in advance.

[steve]

In the recording selection drop-down menu, I only have three options; Rear Mic, Microphone, and Line In. There is no "Stereo Mix" or "Wave Out" option like I have read about in other help answers.

You have the right idea, but are looking in the wrong place.

Set Audacity to use the Windows Sound Mapper (Edit > Preferences > Audio I/O), then open the WINDOWS MIXER to select the input that you need.
See this page for more details: http://audacityteam.org/wiki/index.php? ... bar_Issues

(If you have an on-board sound card such as "RealTek HD" or "Simatel HD" you may need to delve into the Windows Control Panel to enable the recording inputs that you want to use. These can be tricky because of the quirky drivers that they use. I don't have one of these, but there are quite a few posts in this forum about them.)