Hi Hank, see option 2 on this page: https://www.howtogeek.com/217348/how-to-record-the-sound-coming-from-your-pc-even-without-stereo-mix/
Note that as well as Audacity, there are other recording programs with this feature. David. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: The wolf <hank.smith...@gmail.com> Date: 28 November 2017 at 20:13 Subject: loop back audio was Re: stereo mix not working on realtech build in soundcard To: David Bailes <drbai...@gmail.com> Hello I am changing the subject line so not to hi jack the thread how does the loop back feature work? I didn't even know you could do that Hank On 11/28/2017 1:08 PM, David Bailes wrote: > Hi Aiden, > you may well already be aware of the following, but I thought it was worth > checking. > The stereo mix input provided by the realtek chip allows you to record the > audio output of the realtek chip. Are you sending any audio to the realtek > speaker output? The usb headset is a different sound device, so any audio > sent to your headphones won't be included in the realtek's stereo mix. > > A number of recording programs would allow you to record the output of your > headphones using wasapi loopback. > > David. > > original message: > > Well, I'm not sure what the content I record have to do with this, the > point is when stereo mix is active, it should record what it can here. > I am on a laptop with build in audio realtek and a USB headset. At one > point it did pick up jaws at least but now its dead silent. > > On 27/11/2017, Michael Amaro <mikeam...@earthlink.net> wrote: > >> are you trying to record off the net? >> >> -------------------------------------------------- >> From: "Aidan" <aidan.smartt...@gmail.com> >> Sent: Monday, November 27, 2017 7:52 AM >> To: <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> >> Subject: stereo mix not working on realtech build in soundcard >> >> I have a laptop and so whenever I select the stereo mix option I just >>> get silents when recording. All the mute are uncheck and volumes up to >>> 100. >>> >>> >>