Often, novice users do not know how to enable the mixer for Window 7. This article details how to avoid problems and adjust the sound control. The mixer, in turn, serves as a software device that connects physical and computer sources for playing, recording, and adjusting sound volume.
Ways to enable the mixer for Windows 7
First you need to go to the "Start" menu, then go to the "Control Panel". In the window that appears, select the line "Hardware and Sound", and open the "Sound" tab. When you get to the menu, you need to right-click on an empty space and select the line "Show disconnected devices." In the same menu there is an attachment "Record". In the list of devices that appears, you need to determine the one that you require, and right-click on it to click the "Enable" button. Now the mixer for Windows 7 is ready to work, you can configure it, and it will also be displayed in sound recording programs as a sound source.
To open the mixer, you need to find the speaker icon on the taskbar and right-click on it. In the window that appears, click on the "Open volume mixer" button. Now you can adjust the volume levels of system alerts, games, music from the player or browser.
The volume mixer can be opened using the console. To do this, you need to open the command prompt and enter SndVol.exe into it.
What to do if the mixer is not displayed
Sometimes it happens that even after selecting the line "Show disabled" nothing appears there. The presence of such a problem may indicate that the device is malfunctioning, or there are no drivers for it. To install, you need to go to the official website of your device and download the appropriate software for it. Even if this does not help you, then try updating the drivers for your computer, almost always the problem is solved. Remember, downloaded software from third-party resources can harm your computer, infect it with viruses, or simply not come up, causing even more problems. After installing the drivers, you must definitely restart the computer so that the changes can take effect.
Conclusion
We hope you managed to turn on the stereo mixer for Window 7. If you need to connect it for sound recording in the program, but after the done steps it still does not appear, then try changing the application. Sometimes the device may not be displayed due to a malfunction of the connector.