Recording audio through soundcard

[firehawk_1]

running Windows 7

I have software to record audio however I swear I was able to do this before. Cannot remember as its been a long time but how can I record audio that is being played through the soundcard?

looking at the Windows mixer recording devices, there appears no speakers/soundcard to record from but only microphone. My soundcard is a creative soundcard which was bought within the last 2 years. just a standard PCI ex card

 

[firehawk_1]

oh - im using Creative SB X-Fi Xtreme HD Audio soundcard with my logitech speakers connected to them

 

[VonPelz]

What you want is called "What U Hear".
Here is a guide on how to enable it:
http/www.sevenforums.com/tutorials/20595-what-u-hear-recording-enable.html