Audacity System Mixer

Option 2: Audacity's WASAPI Loopback. Don't have a Stereo Mix option? Audacity has a useful feature that can record the audio coming out of your computer—even without Stereo Mix. In fact, Audacity's feature may be even better than Stereo Mix, assuming you're willing to use Audacity to record the audio.

Virtual Audio Mixer Software
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The system Volume Mixer is now accessed by right-click over the speaker icon in the system tray. Windows Sound Recorder has been replaced by a new modern app 'Voice Recorder' that first appeared in Windows 8.1. To open the app, press Windows Start, type 'recorder' (without quotes) then press ENTER on your keyboard.
If you are having trouble getting sound into Audacity there's lots of help available. For Windows see Windows: accessing the Windows Sound controls. To locate the system mixer for Mac and Linux see the help on our Wiki for Mac or Linux. Links Forward to: Tutorial - Audacity Settings for Recording.
When I hover the cursor over the recording volume, it is maxed out, and unresponsive-I get a message saying it is unavailable and that I should use the System mixer volume. But even with all the items on the system mixer set as low as possible, I am still very high on the recording level (though it does seem to get even louder if I raise the.

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Screen-Reader Version on macOS

For visually impaired users on macOS, we currently recommend using Audacity 2.1.1-screen-reader .dmg file (38.61 MB download)

64-Bit

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Audacity on Windows is only available as a 32-bit application that may be used on 32-bit or 64-bit systems.
For macOS Audacity 2.4.2 is 64-bit.

Legacy Downloads

For Windows 7 and earlier, legacy versions of Audacity are available on the Legacy Windows downloads page.
For macOS 10.12 (Sierra) and earlier, legacy versions of Audacity are available on the Legacy Mac downloads page.
For Linux, the appropriate version of Audacity for your operating system is usually included in your distribution's repository. Due to reported problems with SnapCraft / Flatpak / PPA versions, our current recommendation for Ubuntu / Mint users is to install the 'deb' version from the main repository. Source code and user manuals for some old versions are available on FossHub.

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To build Audacity yourself, download the source code.
You may copy, distribute, modify and/or resell Audacity, under the terms of the GNU GPL.

Other Open Source Audio and Audio-Visual Applications

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You can find links to other useful Open Source audio and audio-visual applications, that you can download and use, in the Audacity Wiki.