record streaming audio

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I am trying to record streaming audio.  I'm using the audacity program on an inspiron 15 5537 Audacity gives me three Audio Host options including 'MME, Windows DirectSource, and Windows WASAP' There are various recording device options depending on which of the three Host options I choose:  These include Microsoft Sound mapper, Stereo Mix (Realtek), the enabled microphone, the enabled speaker, and Primary Sound driver. I'd appreciate any insights you can share as to what combination of settings would work best--I'm not having much luck. Oscar

Jim Coates · Accepted Answer

Hello Oscar. The one you want is stereo mix in order to internally record audio that the laptop is playing.

Open the Sound properties and click the Recording tab. Make sure stereo mix is selected as the default device. If it isn't, right click on it to open its context menu where you can enable it and set it as the default device.

Regarding Audacity I 'm not sure, but on my Latitude laptop with Windows 7 I have it set to MME.

obbrockmeyer · Accepted Answer

Thank you very much for your reply Jim

I did get some decent results from MME and Stereo mix, but after playing around with it a little more it seems an even stronger input results from the following settings.

To record streaming audio with Audacity on a Dell 5537

Unplug the audio headset, if any, from the USB port.

Use WASAPI as the Audio Host

Select the built in speakers as your Recording Device

This will cause the recording volume in Audacity to be disabled—I think you can use the Volume Mixer for the speakers

This seems to give the best input for the Audacity recordings made on my Dell Inspiron 5537

Thanks for you help

Oscar

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