Do you get a "stereo mix" playing and recording option on imac with w7 x64?

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Do you get a "stereo mix" playing and recording option on imac with w7 x64?

I have a imac 27 running Windows 7 64bit and no stereo mix option.

I am a professor and when I do screen capture of scientific clips I need I can't get audio to record except by the imac mic from the speakers rather than directly.

That destroys the sound quality.

I have tried to download other sound card drivers and still no stereo mix recording or stereo mix playing options in sound!

I have the fairly useless digital audio s/pdif but not the stereo mix which is really needed in all kinds of recording applications.

I also downloaded the cirrus logic drivers shown in another thread for macbook users, but still no stereo mix.

Any idea for a fix?

This is an important basic function for any computer, and I can't understand why this is not supported yet?

Apple has used bootcamp to attract Windows users who want to use Windows natively. This is one of the most basic function, full audio capability.

This problem as well the cpu going 20 percent higher just plugging in a headphone, and the fact that the trrs headphone jack does not work on a trrs headset in windows 7 (including mic) is a real negative. The trrs headset like the iphone headset works fine with its mic in the mac side but not in windows side.

Drivers to make the basic hardware in an imac or macbook work in windows 7 shouldn't be rocket science. We need apple support or an innovative person out there to solve these problems.

If anyone reading this has the stereo mix on the w7 side, please let me know on this thread and maybe I can duplicate it on mine.

If not, we know this problem exists for every w7 bootcamp user.

Thanks!

Best to all

Dr. Duke

imac 27, Windows 7

Posted on Jan 21, 2010 11:34 PM

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Jan 23, 2010 2:06 PM in response to EuropeanAmerican

No one seems to have their imac working properly on the audio side who has read this thread.

Plus I must tell you that the headset jack plugged in cause the Imac to run much faster in the cpu and get hot and often have power saver turn off issues, like not turning off the monitor or not sleeping.

Here's one of my posts on another thread

Not only does the cpu run crazy but the imac 27 gets very, very hot. Since I unplugged the headphones, it runs much, much cooler.

Certainly, some Mac engineers should take care of this problem, it seems it is universal on all the imac 27's and from what I gather, the smaller screened cousins too.

Also, we certainly want a stereo mix option for audio in or out, or what is called "what you hear" or wave out. Imac is supposed to be much geared to multimedia apps.

Finally, the mic jack part of the trrs set up MUST be fixed! A lot of manufacturers are going to headset combo jacks as they call them, mic in and stereo out on the same tribanded plug. But, the old single jack for mic in and single jack for stereo out are two tiny parts of the hardware and super inexpensive for the manufacturer. Why in the **** to go to the "advanced" triplug if the **** thing doesn't work.

Mac has a great reputation. I hope they remedy these problems right away.

Anyone whose imac 27 or 24 whose headset plug is working correctly. Let us know! I don't think anyone's is, but I think that few people understand that their cpu is running so much faster with the plug in, plus few even understand the combo jack and the triband, or trrs audio jack! Out of 4 audio technicians I talked to, not one of them knew what a trrs jack was or that you even have a mic in jack as part of the headset jack!

When I told one senior that it worked on the Mac side, he didn't believe for a while, thought my sound might be recorded from the onboard mic, but I proved it to him by tapping iaudibly on my iphone mic headset and and it showing up in garage band clearly and listening to big difference in audio.

As for a usb audio adapter, I am in a neon light environment and find that those adapters are more sensitive to electrical interference. Besides I want to use the headset jack as it was meant to be used!

Thats it.

Again, if anyone using an imac 27 and windows 7 64 or 32 doesnt have these problems, let us know! We are all anxious for a fix!

Best to all!

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