Streaming Sound Card Audio?

Is it possible to stream the audio from your sound card as a mic input? I could've sworn that the Mic Array thing included sound card audio, but it doesn't seem to be working.

 

What system are you talking about, OS and what drivers are you using (OS included or one from the manufacture)? Usually you shouldn't need to do that, most software are capable of recording sound being played in the operating system without the need to use some type of physical loop-back (output->input). Most soundcards also have a microphone/line input that is capable of recording, for that type of recording you'd want to make sure the jack is configured as line input unless you're actually using a microphone. These settings are configured in the soundcard control panel and in the recording software you're using.

If you're unable to record the sound your operating system and programs are playing, it could be due to limitations in the sound card driver or the software you're using to make the recording - for example, some programs are only capable of recording audio through hardware devices (Input/Microphone/Rec. Playback/What U Hear), while others can use the DirectX APIs directly to do it. If I recall correctly you'll need sound card drivers that create an emulated hardware loopback recording device for the first bunch of programs to work, and record from the "Rec. Playback" or "What U Hear" device. The others should just work. I also believe by default the Windows provided sound card drivers lack support for Rec. Playback & What U Hear so you might need to update with the latest from your hardware manufacture.

 

Oh, forgot to add that I'm using a XPS1647 with IDT audio drivers.

 

In that case, set your program to record from "Rec. Playback" device as I recommended and you can record all audio within Windows that way. If you want to record from an external device, the correct device would be "Microphone / Line In" -- usually the IDT audio drivers will prompt you to select the appropriate type of device when you plug something into the mic port, select Microphone for mics or Line In for all other (including mp3 players, other computers, CD players, DVD, gaming systems, anything that isn't a microphone pretty much).

 

As far as I know, this IDT codec has Stereo Mix witch does this w/o any cables, mics or anything, you just need to select it as default from Recording Devices.

 

Okay, got it working. I was wondering what that did, as it always said currently unavailable, but it does seem to work after you select it. Is there any possible way to use that and the mic at the same time?

It doesn't have Stereo Mix, but it does have the Rec. Playback as gaah has stated.

 

IDT named it "Stereo Mix" back in the day, possibly still is that on XP drivers.

If your software supports it you can record from as many sources as you'd like. You should be able to record from the microphone array and/or a dedicated microphone/input device and/or Windows sound all at the same time. Might need to mix the recordings together to combine them, though, depending on the program. There's a trick you can do in Windows to playback microphone/input (Sound control panel, select the recording device, navigate to Listen tab, and enable "Listen to this device"), once it's enabled you can use "Rec. Playback" to make one recording with all sound mixed in. Getting the proper recording software would be more useful though, because you can choose the volume and other mixing options of each source, how much overlap you want, etc.

 

Alright, thanks for the help. Much appreciated.