Usually, a recording device such as a microphone is connected to a personal computer to record external sounds, but you can also record sounds streaming from the computer using a separate Windows standard voice recorder(sound recorder).
For this, it is necessary to make “Stereo mixer” “Enable“.
Open Control Panel
▼ First of all, Open Control Panel. As below, press key to open the Run, and typing 1control or C:\Windows\System32\control.exe in the [Name:] text box, and click 2 button.
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▼ Control Panel is displayed. Select 1View by: Large(small) icon, and click 2Sound.
▼ Click the “Recording” tab in the “Sound” property, right-click in the blank space and click 2“Show Disabled device” as shown below.
▼ Now, 1“Stereo mixer” is displayed.
▼ Right click “Stereo mixer” again and select 1“Enable“.
▼ Now, it is ready to record.
Recording with Voice Recorder
▼ Next, enter 2“Voice” in Windows search box and launch 2“Voice recorder“.
▼ Voice recorder opened as follows. Here When you click the 1microphone icon, sound recording from the personal computer begins.
▼ The following is the screen during recording.
Add a marker
▼ While recording voice, If you click 1Add a marker>, 2a marked time will be recorded.
This allows you to move quickly to the part you want to hear when playing back the recorded files.
▼ Recorded files can be played on the spot.
▼ You can Share, Delete, Rename the Recorded files.
