Stereo Mix is gone

[Cookiez664]

Okay, so I've been searching and searching for hours on how to enable Stereo Mix. Things I've done:

Installed latest drivers

Disabled and re-enabled "Show disabled Devices"

Disabled and re-enabled "Show disconnected Devices"

(I'm looking under the "Sound" window and the "Recording" tab.)


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I should mention my OS. I'm using Windows 7 64 bit. I have a Lenovo Thinkpad laptop, Soundmax Integrated HD Audio.

I'm slightly annoyed. Is there any other alternative? (No I will not hold a microphone near my speakers) I need others to be able to hear what I'm hearing via skype.

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[KoopaScooper]

Did you have it before as a recording device? If so, you might want to try downgrading your drivers.

[Cookiez664]

Did you have it before as a recording device? If so, you might want to try downgrading your drivers.

Nah, this is the first time I've checked for it on this laptop. So I don't know :/

[KoopaScooper]

Then chances are you can't enable it. Only certain sound controllers have Stereo Mix. One workaround is to get a headphone splitter and an auxiliary cable, and plug one end into the splitter, and the other into a headphone jack.

[Cowboy6]

Okay, so I've been searching and searching for hours on how to enable Stereo Mix. Things I've done:

Installed latest drivers

Disabled and re-enabled "Show disabled Devices"

Disabled and re-enabled "Show disconnected Devices"

(I'm looking under the "Sound" window and the "Recording" tab.)


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I should mention my OS. I'm using Windows 7 64 bit. I have a Lenovo Thinkpad laptop, Soundmax Integrated HD Audio.

I'm slightly annoyed. Is there any other alternative? (No I will not hold a microphone near my speakers) I need others to be able to hear what I'm hearing via skype.

It is no longer called "Stereo Mix", it's now called "Rec. Playback" in Windows 7. Same thing, different name.

[Pa¢ha]

It is no longer called "Stereo Mix", it's now called "Rec. Playback" in Windows 7. Same thing, different name.

its called stereo mix in windows 8 :v

[ChexGuy331]

It is no longer called "Stereo Mix", it's now called "Rec. Playback" in Windows 7. Same thing, different name.

my panel says otherwise

[Isjix]

It is no longer called "Stereo Mix", it's now called "Rec. Playback" in Windows 7. Same thing, different name.

mine is still stereo mix and I'm on w7-64b

[Trymos]

If you dont have stereo mix already then you're stuff out of luck
Some sound cards don't support stereo mix

[Cookiez664]

If you dont have stereo mix already then you're stuff out of luck
Some sound cards don't support stereo mix

Yeah, figured this last night. It's fine I guess lol.

I can live without it.