Muzician Posted March 30, 2021 Share Posted March 30, 2021 How do I go about recording whatever is coming out of the speakers from my computer? I've hear it referred to as "What U Hear". It can be done with Audacity so surely it can done with CWBBL. Thanks! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Fogle Posted April 1, 2021 Share Posted April 1, 2021 "What You Hear" is a function of your computer's built-in hardware and operating system. For example on this laptop I had a "What You Hear" option with Windows 7 but lost the option when I upgraded to Windows 10. It may help us answer your question if you shared some computer information. Most important, when you open the Windows Control Panel and select Audio do you see a What You Hear option under the recording tab? If the What You Hear Option isn't present in Windows, Cakewalk by BandLab can't use it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Muzician Posted April 1, 2021 Author Share Posted April 1, 2021 39 minutes ago, Jim Fogle said: "What You Hear" is a function of your computer's built-in hardware and operating system. For example on this laptop I had a "What You Hear" option with Windows 7 but lost the option when I upgraded to Windows 10. It may help us answer your question if you shared some computer information. Most important, when you open the Windows Control Panel and select Audio do you see a What You Hear option under the recording tab? If the What You Hear Option isn't present in Windows, Cakewalk by BandLab can't use it. I'm using Win10 patched up from 7. When I open the Control Panel there isn't an "Audio" selection as such. I can get into System Devices of course. It can be done with Audacity under Win10 so presumably a much more sophisticated app like CW should be able to do it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gswitz Posted April 7, 2021 Share Posted April 7, 2021 Hardware loopback is always a choice. Plug your output into your input. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Vere Posted April 25, 2021 Share Posted April 25, 2021 (edited) This is why you see more and more interfaces coming out with a loop back feature. I have it on my Motu M4 and at first didn’t think I would need it. But this has become a useful feature for screen capture. I can stay in ASIO mode. in the past I had to rig up a small mixer etc. On board audio is very limited in what you can do. Audacity probably has the ability to record “what you hear “ by default because it’s a wave editor not a true daw. Wave lab and Gold Wave also can record direct from your computers audio output. Most likely reason is the developers new people would be needing this. Cakewalk can only use what is available in Windows audio settings under the input/microphone options. None of my computers have a loop back available for on board audio If your lucky enough to have it Then you use WASAPI shared mode to show those inputs in Cakewalk. It’s obvious that outputs will not show up as inputs. But the loop back/ what you hear feature is part of the on board audio driver not Cakewalk. Edited April 25, 2021 by John Vere 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Fogle Posted June 12, 2021 Share Posted June 12, 2021 You may want to install and try a free, third party "Virtual Audio Cable". 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rfssongs Posted June 19, 2021 Share Posted June 19, 2021 Focusrite Scarlet has a loopback feature that does that. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokey Toobs Sr Posted July 2, 2021 Share Posted July 2, 2021 Just use Audacity.. it works for all system audio, from any source... 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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