Record Sound On The Computer Without Microphone 🆓

: This is a virtual recording device provided by your sound drivers.

Recording audio on your computer typically brings to mind a microphone, but what if you want to capture the crisp, digital sound of a YouTube video, a live stream, or a gameplay session without external noise interference? You can bypass the microphone entirely by using internal "loopback" methods to record the system audio directly. 1. Windows: The "Stereo Mix" and WASAPI Methods record sound on the computer without microphone

Right-click an empty area, select , and if Stereo Mix appears, right-click to Enable it. : This is a virtual recording device provided

Windows offers built-in ways to reroute its own output as an input. Right-click the volume icon on your taskbar and

Right-click the volume icon on your taskbar and select Sound Settings . Go to > Recording tab.

Once enabled, any recording app like the Windows Sound Recorder can use it as the "Microphone" source.

: If Stereo Mix isn't available, Audacity (a free, open-source tool) uses a host called Windows WASAPI . In Audacity, set the Audio Host to Windows WASAPI .