I know most of you reached this page are looking for a solution to a problem.

The problem is : Stereo Mix/Wave Out is missing in Recording option under Volume Controls.

I have Toshiba Satellite A-105 S8424 Notebook. I have also the same problem. I bought the laptop 2 years back.

Few days back, i thought of recording a song and was surprised to see that there was No “Stereo Mix” option under recording in Volume Controls. Firstly, i uninstalled and installed latest RealTek HD Audio Drivers from Toshiba site. It didn’t work, then uninstalled the drivers and installed Latest drivers from RealTek Site, but no luck.

Then, I started searching for solutions to get Stereo Mix option on google search and yahoo search. I found lot of search results like forum, blogs and websites but no solution for Toshiba Laptop.

The reason of writing this post is to help people who are facing the same problem. I have put below all the possible solutions to enable/get Stereo Mix in Recording options:

If you don’t find solution after reading all the solutions given below, then check this out Use Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) to solve missing stereo-mix problem

Before you try looking for Installing and uninstalling of Drivers, Try doing this first (for only Vista users)

1. For Windows Vista users (may work or may not work)
   - Go to Sound in the Control Panel’s classic view
   - Select the Recording tab and right-click any of the devices listed.
   - Check “Show Disabled Devices” and “Show Disconnected Devices”.
   - Stereo Mix should show up. Set it as default.
2. Alternatively, Check this link

- If you have Sigmatel Audio Card, then there are couple of solutions.

1. Dell laptop with Sigmatel Audio Card (Strangely LG Drivers work on Dell Laptop with Sigmatel Audio CardInstructions:Follow this link: http://us.lgservice.com/
   Click on: Product Support
   Go to: Device Driver
   In product, select “Notebook”
   Search for “Sigmatel”
   The download the result

   Download the big 95Mb driver and you get the Stereo Mix option in recording

2. Download this driver and install in windows xp sp2
   Also check the this link for more details.

- If you have SoundMax Audio Card, Here is the solution

1. Lenova with SoundMax driver

Read this and also check the link mentioned in that page. Hope it helps.

- If you have RealTek Audio card like i have, here are the solutions.

1. For Windows Vista users (may work or may not work)
   - Go to Sound in the Control Panel’s classic view
   - Select the Recording tab and right-click any of the devices listed.
   - Check “Show Disabled Devices” and “Show Disconnected Devices”.
   - Stereo Mix should show up. Set it as default.If Stereo Mix doesn’t come up after you do the above. May be Stereo mix is disabled at hardware level.

   check for more info @ Video Help

2. Get Audio Splitter (one audio jack on one end and two audio jack inputs at the other end). Check the below image.

also buy a double ended audio jack cable ( 3.5mm 2 male pin audio stereo plug). Check the below image.

You plug this into one of the audio input jacks from the splitter then plug the other end into your mic input (usually pink). Then plug some headphones into the other input jack from the splitter.

Right now, for my Toshiba Satellite A-105 S8424 Notebook this is the solution to get stereo mix working

If you don’t find solution after reading all the solutions, then check this out Use Virtual Audio Cable (VAC) to solve missing stereo-mix problem

Hope this post helps you…

If you have more tips or found a way to get Stereo Mix for Toshiba laptop with RealtekHD audio. Leave a comment…

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