In my spare time I also make PC utilities that can be downloaded from RL Vision. Currently I work at Sigma Worklife as developer specialized in SharePoint, Office 365 and Azure. I've been a computer enthusiast for 20 years, working as a computer/network technician as well as a games, software & web developer. My name is Dan and this is where I share tips and thoughts on computers and development. So even though the stereo mix actually works, there is no sound flowing through the device to record. You could even record a stereo mix of your podcast to microSD card while recording in multitrack to a DAW (or vice versa).

I suspect the USB headphones act as sound card, and thus the sound travels directly to them instead. This is why most gaming headsets that do support two-way audio in stereo quality don’t use bluetooth but a proprietary wireless protocol with their own little USB dongle. Unplugging them solved the problem!Ī thread on Superuser points towards an explanation: Stereo mix can only record audio that travels through the internal sound card. And no, contrary to some information floating around in various forums you cannot make this work via playing with Windows mixer settings or downloading some application. As soon as they were connected, no sound was recorded. This is a headset that is connected to the computer via the USB-port. The second time though, I plugged in my mother’s headset instead. These are normal headphones with a classic stereo plug. The problem turned out to be this: When I set up the stereo mix I had used my own headphones. But this time the sound I recorded was just silent! Even though stereo mix was selected as input device and all other settings were the same, it no longer recorded anything. Fast forward to the next day, and I continue working with the computer. I got it working and was able to record the sound without problems. Stereo Mix is a virtual recording device that allows you to record all sound currently being played on the computer, sort of what-you-hear-is-what-you-get. a headset, headphones or speakers that connect via USB or wirelessly then record that playback using the stereo mix input of the built-in sound device. I was helping my mother setting up her computer to allow for recording audio through stereo mix. I want to share a problem that I stumbled on recently.

Stereo mix with usb headset