A question for all Vista users

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Just need a yes or no to both questions.
If you right click on your speaker Icon > Recording devices up pops a box.
What do you see in this box Do you see "What U Hear" OR "Stereo Mix"? (It's What U hear on Creative cards)
It hides by default, so you have to show hidden devices as below.

what_show.jpg


Then go to the Microphone tab then it's either Custom or Levels depending on your sound card and do you have a Mic boost?

boost.jpg


That shouldn't take you long, now just say what sound card you have, and do you by chance know what drivers you used?

Thanks :)

EDIT for clarity

1: Do you have "What U Hear" (creative) "Stereo Mix" (other cards) yes or no?

2: Do you have a mic boost option?

3: What card do you use?

If you know the drivers, that would be great!
 
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your questions weren't very clear - maybe you should number your yes/no questions at the bottom of the post?

The questions seemed to get lost showing how to show the devices so I shall edit it.
It's basically

1: Do you have "What U Hear" (creative) "Stereo Mix" (other cards) yes or no?

2: Do you have a mic boost option?

3: What card do you use?

If you know the drivers, that would be great!

Thanks Rebelius, great answer :)
 
I don't suppose many people look in this forum hence the poor response, but thanks those that have :)
I may hotlink it this thread to the general forum.

The reason I want this info....I use "What U Hear" or "Stereo Mix" a lot.
For my sins I read quizzes on-line and I want music and voice at the same time. (no I don't sing)
I get asked by many people who use the program I do...what soundcard is best in Vista?
You don't need a good soundcard to do this, but this mix thing is getting hard to find.
Creative have removed it from the newer drivers on some cards.

I found the best card for it was the SB Live, but that has issues in Vista with more than 2 gigs or ram with the drivers someone made (these) so I was looking to see what cards you people use in Vista that may still have it.
It's not on this card if you use the new drivers, and the older ones have no mic boost...You can hack the boost in the registry though.

Laptop sound cards are even more of a problem. Dell hasn't had mix for ages and people complained so the made a new driver...thing is when you set mix by default you have to reboot, and then you can't control the mic volume!
Thinking...maybe I should hotlink this thread to laptop forums as well.
 
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