Tips to Enable Stereo Mix Windows 10:
If you are looking for ways to Enable Stereo Mix Windows 10, then you are in right-place for the solution. Here, you are provided with easy steps/methods to do so. Let’s starts the discussion.
What is ‘Stereo Mix’ in Windows 10’?
‘Stereo Mix’: Stereo Mix is virtual audio device feature included in almost all computers. If you want to directly record the sound being played via your Windows computer’s speaker, Stereo Mix is one of the best option for this purpose. Stereo Mix is required while live streaming and other activities where you need to record the sound coming from the device itself.
Stereo Mix is available as recording option on some sound cards that are used with Microsoft Windows operating system. Stereo Mix allows for output signal of computer to be recorded, capturing live streaming radio like system sounds, gaming sounds, and so on. By default, Stereo Mix feature is disabled on most of sound cards. But it is possible to enable it in Windows PC.
However, several Windows users reported they faced Stereo Mix disappears, Stereo Mix missing when they tried to use Stereo Mix feature in Windows computer. There could be several reasons behind the issue including outdated/corrupted Stereo Mix driver, microphone/speaker access is not given and disabled Stereo Mix feature, and other issues. It is possible to fix the issue and enable Stereo Mix feature in Windows 10 with our instructions. Let’s go for the solution.
How to Enable Stereo Mix Windows 10?
Method 1: Enable Stereo Mix from Sounds settings
Step 1: Press ‘Windows + R’ keys on keyboard, type ‘mmsys.cpl’ in ‘Run’ window and hit ‘Ok’ button to open ‘Sounds’ window
Step 2: Click ‘Recording’ tab, right-click on empty space and select ‘Show Disabled Devices’ to check
Step 3: You will notice that ‘Stereo Mix’ is now visible in list. Right-click on ‘Stereo Mix’ and select ‘Enable’ to enable it, and then hit ‘Apply > Ok’ button to save the changes and once done, restart your computer and check if the issue is resolved.
Method 2: Download and install Stereo Mix driver update
Updating Stereo Mix driver to latest & compatible version can resolve the issue with Stereo Mix.
Step 1: Right-click ‘Start Menu’ and select ‘System’
Step 2: In the opened window, you need to check ‘Device Specifications’ on computer and scroll down to ‘System Type’. If it is ’64-bit’ or ’32-bit’, then open your browser and visit ‘Realtek’ official site or visit ‘https://www.realtek.com/en/component/zoo/category/pc-audio-codecs-high-definition-audio-codecs-software’ page
Step 3: Scroll down and click ‘Download’ icon beside the codec according to system type, check ‘I accept to the above’ and enter your email address, and then click ‘Download this file’ to start download process. And save the file in computer.
Step 4: Now, double-click on downloaded driver setup file and follow on-screen instructions to finish installation. Once installed, restart your computer and then follow the ‘Method 1’ to enable Stereo Mix feature and check if it works.
Method 3: Turn ON Microphone access
Step 1: Open ‘Settings’ App in Windows PC via Windows Search Box and go to ‘Privacy > Microphone’
Step 2: Under ‘Microphone access for this device’ settings, click ‘Change’ and toggle it ON
Step 3: Scroll down to ‘Allow desktop apps to access your microphone’ settings, and toggle this setting to ON. This should enable Stereo Mix again on computer.
Method 4: Check disabled devices
Step 1: Open ‘Sounds’ settings window using ‘Method 1’ and click ‘Recording’ tab
Step 2: Right-click on empty space and select ‘Show Disabled Devices’ and ‘Show Disconnected devices’ to check. You will see Stereo Mix on computer again.
Method 5: Update Sound card driver
Updating sound driver to latest version can resolve Stereo Mix issue.
Step 1: Open ‘Device Manager’ in Windows PC via Windows Search Box and expand ‘Sound, video and game controllers’ category
Step 2: Right-click on your sound card driver and select ‘Update Driver’, and follow on-screen instructions to finish update. Once updated, restart your computer and check if the issue is resolved.
Download or reinstall sound card driver update in Windows PC [Automatically]
You can also try to update all Windows drivers including sound card driver update using Automatic Driver Update Tool. You can get this tool through button/link below.
Method 6: Turn Stereo Mix on Conexant HD Audio
If you are using Conexant HD Audio device on computer, then you can follow below steps to fix.
Step 1: Open ‘https://www.fosshub.com/PSPad.html?dwl=pspad504en.zip’ page in your browser to download PSPad in your computer, click ‘PSPad Portable version’ to download it
Step 2: After downloading the zip file, open it and click ‘PSPad.exe’ to run it on computer, click ‘Search’ on menu bar and click ‘Search/Replace in Files’ and paste the following line in ‘Text to find’ box
;HKR,%EPattributePath%\EpSettings\StereoMixEnable,Enable,1,01
Step 3: Click on the radio button beside ‘Selected Directory’
C:/Windows/System32/DriverStore/FileRepository/
Step 4: Finally, hit ‘Ok’ button. You will seeing the file that contains above-mentioned string
Step 5: Now, open ‘File Explorer’ and go to ‘C:\Windows\System32\DriverStore\FileRepository\CALCC2WA.inf_amd64_07118bd8a2180658’ path
Step 6: Right-click on ‘CALCC2WA.inf_amd64_07118bd8a2180658’ file and select ‘Properties’
Step 7: Click ‘Security’ tab and click ‘Advanced’
Step 8: In ‘Advanced Security Settings’ window, click ‘Change’ option next to ‘Owner’ and click ‘Add’ in Advanced Settings window
Step 9: Click ‘Select a principal’ and click ‘Advanced…’. You need to click ‘Find Now’ and choose your account name from list and then hit ‘Ok’ button
Step 10:Check ‘Full Control’ option and hit ‘Ok’ button to save the changes. Once done, follow the these steps to modify ‘CALCC2WA.inf_amd64_07118bd8a2180658’ file
Step 11: Right-click on ‘CALCC2WA.inf_amd64_07118bd8a2180658’ file and select ‘Open with > Notepad’ to open file in Notepad. Press ‘CTRL + F’ keys to open ‘Find’ dialog box, type ‘Stero’ in box and hit ‘Find Next’
Step 12: You will see three lines in file containing search string ‘stereo’
;HKR,%EPattributePath%\EpSettings\StereoMixEnable,Enable,1,01
;HKR,%EPattributePath%\EpSettings\StereoMixEnable,MixAssocSeq,1,E0,E0
;HKR,%EPattributePath%\EpSettings\StereoMixEnable,MuteGainSettings,1,00,00
Step 13: Delete the semi-colons from these lines and then save the file.
Step 14: Once done, open ‘Device Manager’ in Windows PC via Windows Search Box and expand ‘Sound, video and game controllers’ category
Step 15: Right-click on audio driver and select ‘Uninstall’ to uninstall it and after that, restart your computer
Step 16: Restarting compute will load default Conexant audio driver and check if the issue is resolved.
Conclusion
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