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    Stereo Mix on Sony?

    Discussion in 'VAIO / Sony' started by Alexouns, Aug 16, 2010.

  1. Alexouns

    Alexouns Notebook Enthusiast

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    Hi,
    I have Sony Vaio i5 VPCCW27FX Windows 7.
    I need to enable the stereo mix on it so I can record sounds.
    The Stereo mix option is not enable under the recording devices nor when I click on show disabled devices. the driver is updated but yet no luck.
    anyone has the solution?
    thanks
     
    Alexouns, Aug 16, 2010
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  2. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Welcome to the wonderful world of Digital Rights Management. You will find this is true of most machines these days, to "prevent piracy". But there are ways around the issue, once such item is Audacity. A nice audio package that includes the ability to capture the very thing you want.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Aug 16, 2010
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    Thanks but thats not gonna work, since the stereo mix is disabled.
    need to findout a way to enable the stereo mix first.
     
    Alexouns, Aug 18, 2010
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    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    Sorry, I was thinking about another app. I'll have to dig around and find it again. It was able to capture the audio stream WITHOUT the need for the stereo mix being enabled.

    What sound card do you have in this machine? Is it a sigmatel or realtek? There are non-sony drivers around for both of these that apparently enable the stereo mix. You might want to pursue that.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Aug 18, 2010
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    Willy330Ci Notebook Consultant

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    Try this, but read the installation guide first, its simple, straight forward and does the job perfectly fine.

    Total Recorder

    get the latest stable version, its a Shareware though!
     
    Willy330Ci, Aug 18, 2010
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    And don't worry about your Sound Card type and/or Manufacturer, it just WORKS!
     
    Willy330Ci, Aug 18, 2010
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  7. H.A.L. 9000

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    If you go into your recording devices and right-click to show hidden devices, what does that enable?
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Aug 18, 2010
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    yes it says NVIDIA HD audio and Realtek HD audio
     
    Alexouns, Aug 19, 2010
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    Then you might have some luck with a non-sony driver directly from Realtek. Do a quick Google search and you will see lots of folks who have used the drivers from them to get around this issue. In all such cases the OEM driver from the laptop manufacturer had it disabled.

    Also Total Recorder was the software I was trying to remember when I said Audacity. The note from another post above jogged my memory. (Sometimes that takes a two by four.)

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Aug 19, 2010
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    Try these. The NVIDIA HD Audio is the audio over HDMI provided by your graphics card.
     
    H.A.L. 9000, Aug 19, 2010
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    Nope! that didnt help either.
     
    Alexouns, Aug 22, 2010
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