Recording Audio Playback on Windows?

murm · Post by **murm** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:31 am

So, I'm playing back some youtube videos or pretty much anything else and I want to record that to a WAV for including in my compositions. How do I do this simple thing in Windows? I know that for Mac its pretty easy to do.

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blank · Post by **blank** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:22 pm

audacity can record what is going out of your sound card afaik.

you can also use virtual audio cable

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serge_a_storms · Post by **serge_a_storms** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:39 pm

Audacity can definitely record your output.

I've just tried it. It takes a bit of fiddling around (at least it did for me)

You need to goto start>control panel>sounds>volume tab>advanced

options>properties>recording.

Make sure stereo mix is ticked in your internal (I couldn't get it to work with my US122) soundcard.

Bring the volume control of Stereo mix right down just to be safe.

Set the recording input of Audacity to your internal soundcard.

It should now record what is coming out of your stereo mix.

I hope this helps.

Moody · Post by **Moody** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:59 pm

Virtual Audio Cable (VAC)

nebulae · Post by **nebulae** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:55 pm

this depends on your sound card and your drivers...most of the time, the MME driver will allow applications to record the output, so Audacity is one good option.

Now sure how to do this on a Mac.

Also, I've never had very good luck with VAC.

leedsquietman · Post by **leedsquietman** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:23 pm

audacity or better still, soundforge.

murm · Post by **murm** » Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:46 pm

Thanks for these responses! Will try them tonight and post back what I found.