Hmmm .. actually you *can* record from an "output"

I have Vista Basic, and if I open the SOUND icon on the taskbar ... I get a box with three tabs: Playback, Recording, & Sounds.

Under Recording I have two options: microphone & WaveOut Mix .. which, in my case, is my default.

If, for instance, I open my TV tuner and start watching a TV program .. I can then open a recording program (Sony's Sound Forge Studio) and record what is coming out of my speakers.

However, if I remember correctly Vista does not show the WaveOut Mix as an option unless you tell it to .. and I forget how I did that.

Windows sound recorder traditionally has been a 1 minute recorder.

Select the Prep for record button. Watch your level meters. If you don't have audio peaking your meters, then dig further for the correct input. Once you find the input then click to record. Stop when finished.

I record 8 tracks of 96Khx/24bit audio no problem with Vegas.

Well nothing seems to be working.

I see what you guys mean. I press ARM TO RECORD and am watching the record levels. Right now my RECORD SOURCE is Microphone, and sure enough if I talk, I watch the levels peak. When I press RECORD and talk I create the audio file fine and it's all good.

But I want to record what I hear from my Speakers. So in my RECORD PROPERTIES I have the following sources for input:

Microphone (Selected)
Auxillary
Line-In
MIDI Synth
"What You Hear"
Wave

Now, usually WAVE or "WHAT YOU HEAR" works here, but I've cycled through ALL OF THEM while I had music playing, and nothing peaked the levels.

Any other ideas?

Hmmm .. actually you *can* record from an "output"

I didn't say you can't.

My point was that he wanted to "tell" Vegas to record the output of his soundcard. In order to do that, the "output" must somehow become an "input" first. In fact, I even recommended a way for him to do it..

Rob

It can be a little tricky sometimes, but "what you hear" or "wave" SHOULD work. Sometimes I have to change the RECORD PROPERTIES "before" starting Vegas. Sometimes it works, sometimes I have to try a few times. Once it is working, it should be okay in the future if the RECORD PROPERTIES are not changed again.

Good luck.

From http://www.downloadsquad.com/2007/01/15/how-to-enable-wave-out-recording-in-vista/

1. Select sound from the control panel.
2. Select the recording tab.
3. Right click on the background of the tab and choose "show disabled devices."
4. Right click on Wave Out (or Stereo) Mix and click enable.
5. Now it should work the same way as Wave Out Mix in Windows XP, allowing you to record any sound your computer makes.

In addition, right click on the icon and set the properties to "use this device" and then click on the "set default" button.

I just tried it on Vegas 8.0c, Vista 64 and it worked. I recorded the audio from a YouTube video.

Nedski

You were right! I had to be OUT of Vegas and then change the settings (used "What you Hear") and THEN Vegas recognized it. Seems if you make the change while Vegas is open, it doesn't "take".

Thanks guys! Successful recording!

"My point was that he wanted to "tell" Vegas to record the output of his soundcard. In order to do that, the "output" must somehow become an "input" first. In fact, I even recommended a way for him to do it.."

I'm pretty sure you don't "tell" Vegas what to use. Vegas uses whatever is selected as the Windows recording input. You just "tell" Windows that you want the sound card output mix .. as the recording imput.

Well, actually, Vegas needed to be TOLD to re-look at what Windows already SEES. And the way of doing that was to close it down and re-open it.