Record internal sound

[crs]

I'm trying to record streaming music from the internet. I don't seem to be able to figure out how to record sound direct from the soundcard (as opposed to through a microphone) - whatever settings I choose, I still always seem to be recording microphone input only (with unsurprisingly awful quality).

I'm sure this is a stupid question, I used to do this without any issues whatsoever on my old machine, but this little T60 I've got now, running Win7 Professional, has me stumped.

When I tried with Audacity, in Preferences > Devices, I have two Interface Host options, (1) "MME", and (2) "Windows DirectSound". With (1), I can choose to set Recording Device to either "Microphone (SoundMax Integrated Digital HD Audio)" or "Microsoft Sound Mapper Input", with (2) I have the choice between "Microphone (SoundMax Integrated Digital HD Audio)" or "Primary Sound Capture Driver". Obviously I chose the non-microphone option, trying either interface host (I don't know what they mean...) - but it still records microphone input only.

I've tried with Mp3MyMp3 (a piece of freeware I've also used successfully on my previous system), there it won't even give me a choice of input device (the way it used to on my old system) - only microphone is available.

Looking at Sound settings in Control Panel, the Recording tab also only lists Microphone - which is the internal mic (I don't have an external one connected at present), with "SoundMax Integrated Digital HD Audio" controller.

(Oh yeah, and now I've disabled the Microphone, and can't get it back...! So me.)

Help?

Thank you!

[crs]

PS I re-posted this topic at http://forum.thinkpads.com/viewtopic.php?f=57&t=107481 where some discussion ensued. (Don't know how to delete this topic here!)