Record streaming audio audacity windows#

Record streaming audio audacity windows#

So today, my initial step was to set the Windows Sound to Stereo Mix, and to do likewise then in Audacity. It was only today that I understood why: the sound was no longer coming through the speakers and therefore was no longer going into the built-in microphone, so of course it wouldn’t be recorded when all the settings were on Microphone! The built-in microphone in the computer recorded the other person’s voice coming to me through the speakers, and of course recorded my side- as long as I remembered to stay close enough to it!)īut when I was trying to record the streaming audio a few days ago, although everything went fine when I was listening to the program through the speakers, when I wanted to go to sleep and therefore plugged the earphones into the jack, Audacity’s recording flat-lined. (Some time ago I used the microphone setting to record both sides of telephone conversations on Audacity that I conducted over Google Phone. Anything audibly coming through the speakers is recorded by the built-in microphone when the Sound is set on Microphone. However, getting to that successful conclusion required some deviations from the path you charted for me!įirst of all, I had forgotten that some time ago I’d set my Windows Sound input (and Audacity too) to microphone, not stereo mix, so that’s why I was able to record the streaming audio up until I plugged in the earphones: it was recording through the built-in microphone in my computer. like a baby proverbially sleeps- soundly and peacefully- not like a baby really sleeps- sleep a little, wake up cry a little)! And certainly your response led to a successful conclusion: I’m now capable of recording any audio streaming on my computer and simultaneously sleeping like a baby (i.e.