What does "steeo mix" slider do?

[David Peters]

In the Recording Control window there are several sliders. The
sliders are called stereo mix, microphone, CD player, aux, line in,
wave.

What does stereo mix do?

It does not seem to behave as a master input volume control.

And it's name "stereo mix" seems to suggest something about stereo -
and maybe about mono too.

Can someone explain please.

 

[Alan]

In the Recording Control window there are several sliders. The
sliders are called stereo mix, microphone, CD player, aux, line in,
wave.

What does stereo mix do?

It does not seem to behave as a master input volume control.

And it's name "stereo mix" seems to suggest something about stereo -
and maybe about mono too.

Can someone explain please.

No idea, but does the built in help not tell you?

 

[Guest]

(From [Tsuniper-X])
Hmm...i was in a deep coma for whether i should answer you or not. But,
since it's Microsoft who made it, i'll tell ya!
Stereo Mix is for recording. Now, this might be a little complicated, but
you'll need to read carefully. SM is basically records sounds that is ON.
Whether it's Synth, the video playing for WM10, or music playing from Winamp,
etc. It records ALL of them. If you would like to try or even "prove" what i
mean, try Sound Recorder from Accessories -> Entertainment. Go to Edit ->
Properties. Click Volume for recodring related section, then click Select
under Stereo Mix. Make sure the volume bar is not mute. Then simply click
Record button. Oh yeah, try playing that gives sound like movie played by
WM10, or music from any software. You'll notice the wavelength is jumping all
over the place in the Sound Recorder.

Ok, the reason why i was in coma is because of copyright problem. If you set
the volume to "0" level, you can record any kind of sound coming out of your
computer with no difference in decibel.(Yes, of course i'm trying to confuse
you) This means you can record music that is buffering only like Winamp's
shoutcast. I know it sounds ridiculous, but once people get used to this
technique, they'll definitely get abused to it. So, i won't tell you the "0"
level. Thank you very little, i know. Blah, blah, blah...
--
[W]hat''s
[C]hris''s
[D]ecision
for
[C]ompany?
Tsuniper-X -> ID -> 1.

 

[David Peters]

No idea, but does the built in help not tell you?

It does not seem to.

 

[V Green]

Huh?

Of course you can record whatever's happening on
the machine when you select Stereo Mix. What's all
this balderdash about "setting the level to 0"?

The level works just fine, just like any other level control
in Mixer. It can be set to whatever you want. You will
record EVERYTHING that generates a sound on the system-
the music stream you're playing, mouse clicks in IE, BONGS
from error dialogs, the whole shmear.

Why?

Because it's all ANALOG being converted BACK to DIGITAL.

DRM or any other such schemes are rendered null and void once
a digital stream is converted to analog.

Simply put, "Stereo Mix" intercepts the ANALOG audio headed
for the line-out jack and routes it back to the line-in jack.

On Creative hardware it's called "What U Hear" (or at least it used
to be - I quit using Creative stuff after the SBLive PCI latency bug
disaster)
which is a name that makes a lot more sense.

(From [Tsuniper-X])
Hmm...i was in a deep coma for whether i should answer you or not. But,
since it's Microsoft who made it, i'll tell ya!
Stereo Mix is for recording. Now, this might be a little complicated, but
you'll need to read carefully. SM is basically records sounds that is ON.
Whether it's Synth, the video playing for WM10, or music playing from Winamp,
etc. It records ALL of them. If you would like to try or even "prove" what i
mean, try Sound Recorder from Accessories -> Entertainment. Go to Edit ->
Properties. Click Volume for recodring related section, then click Select
under Stereo Mix. Make sure the volume bar is not mute. Then simply click
Record button. Oh yeah, try playing that gives sound like movie played by
WM10, or music from any software. You'll notice the wavelength is jumping all
over the place in the Sound Recorder.

Ok, the reason why i was in coma is because of copyright problem. If you set
the volume to "0" level, you can record any kind of sound coming out of your
computer with no difference in decibel.(Yes, of course i'm trying to confuse
you) This means you can record music that is buffering only like Winamp's
shoutcast. I know it sounds ridiculous, but once people get used to this
technique, they'll definitely get abused to it. So, i won't tell you the "0"
level. Thank you very little, i know. Blah, blah, blah...
--
[W]hat''s
[C]hris''s
[D]ecision
for
[C]ompany?
Tsuniper-X -> ID -> 1.

In the Recording Control window there are several sliders. The
sliders are called stereo mix, microphone, CD player, aux, line in,
wave.

What does stereo mix do?

It does not seem to behave as a master input volume control.

And it's name "stereo mix" seems to suggest something about stereo -
and maybe about mono too.

Can someone explain please.

 

[Guest]

(From [Tsuniper-X])
Well, since you kindly replied my reply, i will give you some ideas.
You see, of course it depends on how "you" set the volume, but
most people prefer to set the volume bar pretty...simple, i guess.

You should know that Master Volume has nothing to do with things
that play in the computer, meaning the Master volume only effects
on things such as analog or line-in plug. Play a song and watch the
band bars that jiggle up and down as the song plays.(These are
usually called "peaks") Even if you set the Master Volume to 0, the
peaks will still jiggle around.

Now i have to mention about decibel stuff. I called it the "0" level,
because it does not change the decibel level even if you re-record
million times.(I have no proof for the word "million", of course)
Anyway, if you set the Stereo Mix bar to the maximum, and start
recording, you should notice that the recorded file has way too
high decibel level. You "have" to set the Stereo Mix bar to the
certain point which will give almost no change in decibel level. If
you are not sure about decibel level, try play with Winamp. Find
the Graphic Equalizer and increase the seperated bar to the
maximum.(Usually located left from 10 bars) And of course,
please set the equalizer ON. Not setting the decibel bar will cause
the volume to be way too loud or way too soft. And, oh yeah, i
know that specific level which i am 99.99% sure that it will not
give change in decibel level, and i will probably never tell anyone.
(Duh, i'm tantalizing you for sure! Why? I have NO idea...lol)

--
[W]hat''s
[C]hris''s
[D]ecision
for
[C]ompany?
Tsuniper-X -> ID -> 1.

Huh?

Of course you can record whatever's happening on
the machine when you select Stereo Mix. What's all
this balderdash about "setting the level to 0"?

The level works just fine, just like any other level control
in Mixer. It can be set to whatever you want. You will
record EVERYTHING that generates a sound on the system-
the music stream you're playing, mouse clicks in IE, BONGS
from error dialogs, the whole shmear.

Why?

Because it's all ANALOG being converted BACK to DIGITAL.

DRM or any other such schemes are rendered null and void once
a digital stream is converted to analog.

Simply put, "Stereo Mix" intercepts the ANALOG audio headed
for the line-out jack and routes it back to the line-in jack.

On Creative hardware it's called "What U Hear" (or at least it used
to be - I quit using Creative stuff after the SBLive PCI latency bug
disaster)
which is a name that makes a lot more sense.

(From [Tsuniper-X])
Hmm...i was in a deep coma for whether i should answer you or not. But,
since it's Microsoft who made it, i'll tell ya!
Stereo Mix is for recording. Now, this might be a little complicated, but
you'll need to read carefully. SM is basically records sounds that is ON.
Whether it's Synth, the video playing for WM10, or music playing from Winamp,
etc. It records ALL of them. If you would like to try or even "prove" what i
mean, try Sound Recorder from Accessories -> Entertainment. Go to Edit ->
Properties. Click Volume for recodring related section, then click Select
under Stereo Mix. Make sure the volume bar is not mute. Then simply click
Record button. Oh yeah, try playing that gives sound like movie played by
WM10, or music from any software. You'll notice the wavelength is jumping all
over the place in the Sound Recorder.

Ok, the reason why i was in coma is because of copyright problem. If you set
the volume to "0" level, you can record any kind of sound coming out of your
computer with no difference in decibel.(Yes, of course i'm trying to confuse
you) This means you can record music that is buffering only like Winamp's
shoutcast. I know it sounds ridiculous, but once people get used to this
technique, they'll definitely get abused to it. So, i won't tell you the "0"
level. Thank you very little, i know. Blah, blah, blah...
--
[W]hat''s
[C]hris''s
[D]ecision
for
[C]ompany?
Tsuniper-X -> ID -> 1.

In the Recording Control window there are several sliders. The
sliders are called stereo mix, microphone, CD player, aux, line in,
wave.

What does stereo mix do?

It does not seem to behave as a master input volume control.

And it's name "stereo mix" seems to suggest something about stereo -
and maybe about mono too.

Can someone explain please.