Solved Stereo Mix alternative?

[PinkCupCake]

I am a Chat room moderator and DJ for children, I have recently bought a PC as I had my Laptop and some bits stolen from my PC, I have a Dell Optiplex 780, 32 bit, there is no stereo mix, if I right click in the box Stereo Mix does not come up, my microphone works great in the room but I need something for music into the chat room, it says in the box Microphone High Definition audio device default device, then there is the Line in can anyone help me please, I have looked at enough videos online showing me to right click and still nothing Thank you.

 

[Barman58]

The Stereo Mix option ( AKA Record what you hear), was removed from a lot of sound cards & sound chips after lobbying by the content providers as it allows you to digitally record any source you can play through the speakers, so can circumvent copyright protection systems.

You may want to look at one of the many available Plug-in USB sound cards or a traditional PCI card some of these still have the Stereo mix option it would also allow you to have two sound outputs to provide Live and Monitor streams for DJ'ing

 

[fireberd]

Two issues. First, if you don't have the correct sound driver installed and only have the generic, basic function, Windows installed High Definition Audio installed, it does not have Stereo Mix. You need to install the correct sound driver.
Here is the link to the correct ADI sound driver on the Dell site.
Product Support | Dell US

If you do have the correct sound driver and still do not have Stereo Mix, have you tried enabling Disabled and Disconnected devices in the Sound Panel Recording Section?
Many have it disabled from the factory and it just needs enabling.

In the Sound Panel/Recording Section, RIGHT click in a blank area in that panel and then click to Show Disabled and Disconnected Devices. If Stereo Mix now shows you can enable it and make it the Default Recording Device.

BTW, I would not consider upgrading this to Win 10, Dell notes this system is not certified for Win 10.

 

[PinkCupCake]

Hello fireberd, I updated the sound driver and have stereo mix, but cannot get it to work with microphone, do you have any idea where I'm going wrong please sir, thank you

 

[fireberd]

What type of microphone do you have? Standard PC microphone, a regular P.A. type microphone, or a USB?

 

[PinkCupCake]

Its a standard microphone.

 

[PinkCupCake]

It is a standard microphone, it says condenser microphone SF-666

 

[fireberd]

Have you tried plugging into the front panel and real panel mic (Pink) jacks?

 

[PinkCupCake]

Yes I have.

 

[PinkCupCake]

Here is what is going on.

 

[fireberd]

If you use the Windows Recorder, do you get any voice?

 

[PinkCupCake]

Thank you very much, the problem is now solved.

 

[Layback Bear]

Could you tell us what you did to solve the problem?

 

[ShotOnTarget]

Although I managed on Windows 10, a similar fix should work on Windows 7.

1. Download the Soundmax drivers for your Optiplex 780. I use my asset ID to get the correct ones. My file was DRVR_WIN_R297758.EXE.

2. Extract the files from this, don't run them. I used IZARC.

3. Change the following lines in the file ADIHdAud.inf. It's in the payload folder down 2 levels. There are 2 of these files with the same name, one for 64 bit, one for 32 bit. I wasn't sure which would be referenced so I changed both. The change is as follows.

HKR,AD1983\\Disable, OutR, 1, 01
HKR,AD1983\\Disable, MonR, 1, 01

Become

HKR,AD1983\\Disable, OutR, 1, 00
HKR,AD1983\\Disable, MonR, 1, 00

4. Reboot your machine so that Driver Compatibility checks are bypassed (google it). If you don't do this in windows 10, the hash check fails during installation so won't proceed, switching off Driver Compatibility checks bypasses this obstacle.

5. Run the setup.exe in compatibility mode (does W7 have this??)

6. Reboot and check your recording devices. Stereo Mix should be there. Enable it.

7. See if it works.

Nearly forgot, unistall your current driver first in device manager, otherwise it won't allow the installation of an older driver.