Record system sounds and mic

[Gale Andrews]

ended up with VoiceMeeter, it's great, but is there a way to activate my 7.1 sound while recording the system sound and the voice using VoiceMeeter?

Sorry I don't know. I suspect not, but if you go to "Contact" at the bottom of http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Vo ... /index.htm the software author may be willing to give you a definitive answer. Let us know if he answers.

Generally I think to record surround sound playback you need to use specialist gaming recorder apps. Perhaps VoiceMeeter could take the output of such an app.


Gale

[vburel]

First, Voicemeeter virtual input (playback device) must be configure in 5.1 or 7.1 in Windows control panel / Sound dialog box
in order to receive 6 or 8 channels audio on Voicemeeter virtual input.
see user manual page 13: http://vb-audio.pagesperso-orange.fr/Vo ... Manual.pdf

then you can mix your 5.1 game or DVD audio with your MIC for example...

For recording, the Voicemeeter Virtual output (Recording device) will deliver 8 channels only on WIN XP (after Vista, there is a limitation on recording device for stereo only - apparently)

so to record 5.1 audio, you have 2 possibilities:
- To use the integrated Recorder in Voicemeeter Banana Version (able to record up to 8 channel audio files)
- or to use an ASIO Audio application. Voicemeeter virtual output offers also an ASIO interface with the effective 8 channels... and then any ASIO DAW will be able to get the multichannel signal there.

[Gale Andrews]

For recording, the Voicemeeter Virtual output (Recording device) will deliver 8 channels only on WIN XP (after Vista, there is a limitation on recording device for stereo only - apparently)

so to record 5.1 audio, you have 2 possibilities:
- To use the integrated Recorder in Voicemeeter Banana Version (able to record up to 8 channel audio files)
- or to use an ASIO Audio application. Voicemeeter virtual output offers also an ASIO interface with the effective 8 channels... and then any ASIO DAW will be able to get the multichannel signal there.

Thanks, Vincent.

I understand you strongly prefer a donation for Banana, is that so?

Audacity as shipped does not support ASIO as you know, but can you employ "Hi-Fi CABLE & ASIO Bridge" in standard VoiceMeeter to let Audacity see the ASIO 8-channel recording stream?


Gale

[vburel]

well, no, i just explained technical constraint: audio recording device are limited to stereo (2 channels) since VISTA. So, if you are not under Windows XP, you have today 2 ways to record 5.1 or 7.1 audio coming from Game, DVD or others...
- Using Voicemeeter Banana integrated recorder.
- Connect an ASIO DAW to Voicemeeter (or Banana) to record upto 8 channels

[Gale Andrews]

well, no, i just explained technical constraint: audio recording device are limited to stereo (2 channels) since VISTA. So, if you are not under Windows XP, you have today 2 ways to record 5.1 or 7.1 audio coming from Game, DVD or others...
- Using Voicemeeter Banana integrated recorder.
- Connect an ASIO DAW to Voicemeeter (or Banana) to record upto 8 channels

My question there was just if the second option (ASIO DAW) was ruled out for Audacity, even with ASIO Bridge. You seem to say yes.

I had not heard of that limitation in Vista and later, so I am not really clear about it. Is the limitation that DirectSound lost multi-channel recording under Vista, but WASAPI and ASIO still suport it? This post suggests WASAPI can record surround sound playback, but I don't know if this is possible in Audacity given its playback is stereo only.

This device http://www.hauppauge.com/site/products/ ... aming.html claims to record multi-channel audio under modern Windows.

Gale