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Jul 26, 2023 5:52 AM UTC
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Audition unable to record system audio

Audition can't record system audio, Windows 11, ThinkPad X1 Extreme. What shall I do?

 

The Camtasia screen capture software can record computer audio.

 

Thanks!

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
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Jul 26, 2023 7:07 AM UTC

On many machines this is deliberately inhibited by the manufacturer, usually by an OS policy request, but it can also be dug in deeper than that. The solution I use, which takes a somewhat different approach, is to use SoundTap (it's a streaming audio recorder - other similar apps are available). This sets up an internal link to whatever is streaming and records it directly - it will also let you add a mic stream to the recording, although I don't use that.

 

SoundTap 

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Participant
Jul 26, 2023 7:35 AM UTC

Thank you!

but I acturally installed new system - it is not the original windows 11 installed on machine when I buy it. and evenmore, days ago, I upgraded the system into Windows 11 preview version. During those days under windows 11 preview, I could record system audio by using Audition successfully.

 

However, there are some other issue with the preview version (I guess), so i re-install back to normal Windows 11. Audition doesn't work on system audio again.

 

I tried to repeat what I found by installing two systems on my ThinkPad X1 Exteme Gen 5: Windows 11 and Windows 11 Preview. Audition doesn't work on both systems. I cannot find out what is difference between the preview I am using now and being used days ago.

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SteveG_AudioMasters_
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Jul 26, 2023 8:19 PM UTC

It's quite simple; if you can't find, in your audio input setup on Windows, a recording input option that says something like 'what you hear', then basically you're stuffed - that's when you have to go down the streaming audio route - which is almost certainly what Camtasia does. It's definitely not an Audition issue - it's the OS that for whatever reason is not making it available.

 

I don't understand why anybody would put Windows 11 on a machine voluntarily - it's a lot like jumping out of a perfectly serviceable aircraft with a parachute!

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