Why no Stereo Mix on Windows 7 ?

Since Windows Vista, Microsoft introduced a lot of changes within audio core system. There are two possible causes why you can not find Stereo Mix on Windows 7:

1) Stereo Mix is disabled or hidden.

On some system, Stereo Mix is disabled or hidden by default. If this is the case, please follow the following steps to show and enable it for using.

Right click the speaker icon in the system tray, click 'Recording Devices' to open the control panel.

Windows 7 Recording Devices

Right-click any device, and enable "Show Disabled Devices" and "Show Disconnected Devices" options. If 'Stereo Mix' is shown up, but it is disabled. Right-click it, and enable it.

Stereo Mix Windows 7

2) Stereo Mix is not supported by your sound card or its driver.

Firstly, please visit the web site of the sound card's manufacturer to see if there is a upgrade for your sound card driver. If you still cannot find Stereo Mix after upgrading the driver, that means that this is a hardware limitation. Don't worry about this, Audio Record Wizard provides a different way to record what is playing on the computer.

Specifications
Price:	US$24.99
Platform:	Win 8,7,Vista,XP

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What it can do ?

How to record audio playing through the computer without Stereo Mix ?

Step 1: Open Audio Record Wizard, select "Speakers" as the recording device.

Step 2: Make sure that the playback volume level of the source program is set to maximum. "Speakers" does not provide a controller to adjust recording volume level. For more information, please read the section 'information for Speakers' within the help file.

Step 3: Click the Add/New Button to choose an audio file, or give a new audio file name. Audio Record Wizard will record sounds directly into this file.

Step 4: Click the Record Button to begin recording. Start your source program.

In fact, this is a better way to record any audio playing on Windows 7. "Speakers" receives unmodified audio data. If your speakers work in stereo mode, and the playback volume level is set to maximum, then you will get a 100% quality for your recording.