I am wondering how would I be able to record just the audio coming out of my speakers, or in my case my headset, and the audio coming into my mic at the same time? I do not want to record any video. I am currently using Adobe Soundbooth as my recording software, but am comfortable with any recommended software.
Windows – How to Record both Mic and Speaker Audio in Windows 7
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After looking some more, and testing quite a few different programs, I found n-Track Studio which does the job very well. It can handle an arbitrary number of input devices, and allows you to record from them simultaneously. The recorded tracks are then saved separately as .wav or whatever you want.
It does not seem to support much post processing, but as a simple recording tool it works really well. And you can always do the post processing in Audacity, or something else.
Nircmd's setdefaultsounddevice command should help you:
nircmd setdefaultsounddevice [Device Name] {Role}
Set the default sound device on Windows 7/Vista/2008. The [Device Name] is the name of the device, as it appears in the sound devices list of Windows, for example: Speakers, Line In, Microphone, and so on...
The {Role} parameter is optional and may countain one of the following values: 0 for Console (the default value), 1 for Multimedia, and 2 for Communications.
Examples:
setdefaultsounddevice "Line In"
setdefaultsounddevice "Microphone" 2
You can easily create a shortcut for this manually or using either cmdshortcut or cmdshortcutkey.
This AutoHotkey forum thread also contains scripts that you might find useful.
Finally, Set Sound Device is a compiled AutoIt script that helps you do the same thing:
SSD enables you to change the default Sound Device for Win7 (works maybe for Vista too, but this is untested) via the commandline. To call SSD from the commandline, the syntax is ‘SSD.exe #’ (where # is the number of the Sound Device to select from the list,’Select Default’ dropdown box must be enabled to make device selectable).
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Right-click your volume icon, and select "Recording Devices".
On the "Recording" tab, right-click your mic, and select Properties.
On the "Listen" tab, select "Listen to this device", and ensure the proper playback device is chosen.
You should now be able to hear your mic through the speakers along with other audio, and it should be recorded along with everything else when you record "Stereo Mix" or alike.