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    [Inspron 1520 / Vostro 1500] Input Monitor/Stereo Mix control? (sigmatel drivers)

    Discussion in 'Dell' started by bmcc, Dec 26, 2007.

  1. bmcc

    bmcc Notebook Consultant

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    Hi all, is there a way to control the 'input monitor' volume (in vista 32-bit) with the sigmatel drivers used on the Vostro 1500 or Inspiron 1520?

    (input monitoring = audio coming from line in/microphone jack being played live through the speakers)

    Also, is there a way to enable stereo mix or an advanced audio control panel?? Right now, there is only one option in the sigmatel audio control panel; to turn on/off "reconfiguration popups"

    I saw that Dell just released a new sigmatel driver for XP that enables stereo mixing, but there still isn't one for Vista. Maybe there is a workaround someone knows about?
     
    bmcc, Dec 26, 2007
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  2. demonhotrod

    demonhotrod Notebook Evangelist

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    I too would be really interested in any updates with getting Stereo Mix with Vista using the Sigmatel drivers

    Thanks :)
     
    demonhotrod, Apr 1, 2008
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  3. SteveJonesy

    SteveJonesy Notebook Evangelist

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    I think some of that is down to the way Audio works in Vista now. The audio subsystem is different to XP.
     
    SteveJonesy, Apr 1, 2008
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    shrenikd, Apr 21, 2008
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