[audacity4blind] Re: enabling stereo mix on Windows 7
- From: "Gene" <gsasner@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 17 Aug 2013 22:03:50 -0500
You are assuming the new driver will work on reboot and it likely will.
But that is not a guarantee and that's why I advise having an alternative
available such as sighted help or an external USB sound card or USB
headphones in case they are needed.
Gene
-----Original Message-----
From: Dang Manh Cuong
Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 8:34 PM
To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hi Blake
> Don't worry about upgrading driver. The old driver still works while
> installing the new. at the final step will ask you to restart your
> computer,
> then the computer will use the new driver after restarting.
> Cuong.
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Blake Roberts" <beroberts@xxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Sunday, August 18, 2013 2:20 AM
> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: enabling stereo mix on Windows 7
>
>
>> Thanks for the help. I now have some ideas to try.
>> Blake
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gene
>> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 3:10 PM
>> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: enabling stereo mix on Windows 7
>>
>> I haven't updated a sound card driver. I would suggest, having sighted
>> help available in case you have unexpected problems. I'm not saying the
>> sighted person needs to be present, but the person should be
>> conveniently
>> on call. Or, as an alternative, you can purchase a cheap USB sound
>> card,
>> perhaps for ten dollars or less, and use it while you update the driver
>> for the other sound card. If you have USB headphones, you can use those
>> for sound during the update.
>>
>> However, I very much doubt that using the Windows Update feature will
>> give
>> you a driver that supports Stereo Mix. You are updating the Microsoft
>> Driver and no version of the Microsoft Driver is likely to support
>> Stereo
>> Mix, which is why I said to get the manufacturer's driver.
>>
>> Gene
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Blake Roberts
>> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 12:47 PM
>> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> I found a sound card driver upgrade via Windows Update. I am nervous
>>> about
>>> installing the driver update. Does installing a sound card driver
>>> upgrade
>>> cause speech to stop working during installation?
>>> Blake
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Gene
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 2:26 PM
>>> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>> Subject: [audacity4blind] Re: enabling stereo mix on Windows 7
>>>
>>> You should leave that item checked. Unchecking it means you will not
>>> see
>>> the choice if the device is disabled. The setting, when on, does not
>>> prevent you from seeing Stereo Mix. If you don't see it, it may mean
>>> that
>>> you have to install the sound card driver from the manufacturer.
>>> Often,
>>> computers come with the Microsoft driver for the sound card and the
>>> Microsoft driver often doesn't support Stereo Mix. If you are already
>>> using the latest driver from the manufacturer and still don't see the
>>> option, then it may be that your sound card doesn't support that option
>>> and finding one that does may be necessary. I use a USB sound card
>>> that
>>> supports Stereo Mix. It's a Sound Blaster sound card. I don't know
>>> which
>>> brands and models of USB sound cards support Stereo Mix in Windows 7.
>>> My
>>> sound card is three or four years old and I don't know if that model is
>>> made any longer. If you purchase a sound card, try to verify, before
>>> purchase, whether it supports Stereo Mix and also purchase it from a
>>> store
>>> with a good return policy. I've seen complaints about sound cards that
>>> are supposed to support Stereo Mix in Windows 7 but the feature doesn't
>>> work. You may have to try more than one sound card.
>>>
>>> There may be software yyou can use that mimics Stereo Mix regardless of
>>> the sound card being used. I don't know enough about that subject to
>>> discuss it.
>>>
>>> Gene
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: Doug Oliver
>>> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 11:45 AM
>>> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Uncheck that
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> From: audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> [mailto:audacity4blind-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Blake
>>>> Roberts
>>>> Sent: Saturday, August 17, 2013 12:32 PM
>>>> To: audacity4blind@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>>>> Subject: [audacity4blind] enabling stereo mix on Windows 7
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hello,
>>>>
>>>> I am a new list member. I have been using Audacity for several years
>>>> and
>>>> can
>>>> not imagine my life without the program. How do I enable stereo mix on
>>>> Windows 7 for recording Jaws and my voice using Audacity? I already
>>>> have
>>>> "show disabled devices" checked under recording tab of Manage Audio
>>>> devices;
>>>> stereo mix can not be detected by Jaws. I have a Realtek sound card.
>>>>
>>>> Blake
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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