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Audacity - How to Record Computer Audio

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Open up Audacity and navigate to your sound devices by right-clicking your taskbar. In your Sound settings, right-click some space and select Show disabled devices This will make sure that Stereomix will be visible. Right-click Stereomix and enable it; Open the Properties of Stereomix; On the new window, navigate to the Listen tab, and uncheck Listen to this device

Enable the Stereomix Device in your Sound Control Panel

Open up Audacity and navigate to your sound devices by right-clicking your taskbar. In your Sound settings, right-click some space and select Show disabled devices

Make sure to enable the option Show disabled devices in your sound settings.
Make sure to enable the option Show disabled devices in your sound settings.

This will make sure that Stereomix will be visible

This will make sure that Stereomix will be visible. Right-click Stereomix and enable it; Open the Properties of Stereomix; On the new window, navigate to the Listen tab, and uncheck Listen to this device

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Record the Stereomix Device in Audacity

Close your sound settings and head back to Audacity. Open up the Audacity preferences by using the shortcut CTRL + P, or navigate to Edit > Preferences. Navigate to Devices on the new window. Under Device, set this option to Stereomix.

Stereomix.png
Stereomix.png

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