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| − | Windows 10, particularly after the April 2018 updates, made numerous changes to how a user accesses sound devices. The old and familiar soundcard menus are gone (as are the standard mic and line in jacks that were so useful on older laptops and PCs). So we must adjust to a new method of figuring out how to make sure we can send audio to our PCs.
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| − | If you are using a desktop radio, ham transceiver, portable or even a wide banded radio, you're going to need to use a USB soundcard. However if you are using a SDR or an online radio (such as those found on the Kiwi network), you will need an application to intercept the audio and send it to the application of choice. Normally for SDRs, applications like [https://www.kvraudio.com/product/vb-cable-by-vb-audio VB Cable] and [https://vac.muzychenko.net/en/ Virtual Audio Cable] are the ways to go, but there may be another possibility. The Stereo Mix application may be able to do this, but it's not installed on every PC by the manufacturer. If you don't have it, or can't enable it, you may need to create a virtual soundcard using the [http://stereomixplus.com/ Stereo Mix Plus] application.
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| − | These instructions were written using a Windows 10 Home laptop with the latest updates. It's not possible to try to write a guide for every installation; different PC distributors put different apps, or make other options available. Use this page as a general guide only.
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| − | Image:System Tray1.JPG|Figure 1
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| − | Image:System Tray 2.JPG|Figure 2
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| − | Image:Sound Control Panel 1.JPG|Figure 3
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| − | Image:Sound Control Panel 2.JPG|Figure 4
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| − | ==Access Sound Device Properties in Windows 10==
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| − | # First find the speaker icon in the system tray. If you don't see it, click on the upward pointing arrowhead and it will appear in a menu of other applications (figure 1)
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| − | # Right Click on the speaker. Click on '''Sounds''' (figure 2)
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| − | # This brings up the Sound Device properties (figure 3)
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| − | # Click on '''Recording'''. In this case, this PC has both a microphone and the Stereo Mix app, which is disabled
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| − | # Right click on the '''Stereo Mix''' application. If you can't see it, make sure both '''Show Disabled Devices''' and '''Show Disconbected Devices''' are both checked.
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| − | # Click on '''Enable'''. (figure 4)
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| − | ==How Do I Change The Levels?==
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| − | Image:Sounds Search.JPG|Figure 5
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| − | Image:Win10 Access Sound 1.JPG|Figure 6
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| − | Image:Win10 Access Sound 2.JPG|Figure 7
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| − | Image:Win10 Sound Settings.JPG|Figure 8
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| − | </gallery>
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| − | * Click on '''Open Sound Settings''' when you right click on your speaker in the System Tray (figure 1)
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| − | * In the search box, enter '''Sounds'''. Select '''Sound Control Panel''' (Figure 5)
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| − | * Look at the bottom left for the Windows icon. Click on it, then search for '''Settings''' (figure 6)
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| − | ** The '''Windows Settings''' Menu appears. Select '''System''' from the top left (figure 7)
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| − | ** Select '''Sound''' from the left menu. This is where you can set your levels. Make sure that all your inputs are shown in the pulldown (figure 8)
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| − | ** Another way to get to the properties of the Stereo Mix is to select it from the menu, then click the ''Device Properties'' link.
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| − | ===Stereo Mix Levels===
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| − | [[Image:Stereo Mix Levels.JPG|right|200px|Stereo Mix Levels]]
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| − | Another way to set your level is to double click the Stereo Mix selection in the properties box, then select ''Recording''
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