I'm afraid not. But looking briefly at the Gaither page it doesn't appear to be a typical stream--instead it is a kind of player where you select individual tracks, and as such I am not convinced that "Virtual Audio Streaming" is the answer.

I still believe there is a fair chance to get your existing system working by tweaking the settings. If you want me to take a poke around your computer try to install a program called "Teamviewer 6", then send me a pm with your pincode/password so I can assume control temporarily.

Otherwise if this is really impossible I think your best best is to get an external usb soundcard. The Audacity people invariably seem to suggest the "Behringer U-CONTROL UCA202", but when I looked at this very briefly the "ESI Maya 44" looked more consistent with the sort of thing I am after. I am no expert on this at all though, and if you decide to go that route I would ask in the Audacity forums.

I believe this will work. . .eventually.

First step is to make sure you have the latest drivers.

Click the big Windows button in the bottom left corner, then All Programs, and then on Windows Update in the expanded list that appears.

A new window appears; first click check for updates on the left, then click on the underlined bit in the middle that refers to optional updates.

A list should now appear; if there is anything that refers to IDT or sound drivers tick the associated box, click ok at the bottom then click Install updates and wait until the process is finished, including a reboot. (NB: Other things are likely to appear in optional updates, but please don't be tempted to touch these for now; if it ain't broke etc.)

When you have done that read through this page carefully: Help Page link

This should provide the solution.

I have to get some work out over the next few hours but I'll check back after lunch. Good luck.

I’m afraid that is the sort of ill-informed paranoid delusional claptrap that is sadly all too common on the internet; I have a windows 7 computer and can make recordings of streaming sources without any problems whatsoever.

This is possible but from what I can gather seems to be determined by whether you have a Realtek sound ‘card’ (actually it’s just a bit of circuitry).

To ascertain this click the big windows icon in the bottom left of your screen, then type “msc” (without the quotation marks) in the ‘search programs and files’ box that appears immediately above and hit enter.

A dialogue box will then appear; just click yes and a new window appears. In the left pane click on ‘Device Manager’ which opens up a long list of system devices in the main window, where you need to click the arrow next to ‘Sound, video and game controllers’.

What does it say in the list that opens underneath?

Well the approach then is absolutely correct.

According to the Audacity help pages:
See link

Do any of those appear in the 'Recording Device' options?

But where are you getting this from specifically?

Do you have CDs? Or are you getting it from online sources, in which case please provide specific examples (eg Youtube).

Which program are you using for the playback of the audio clips?

I assume it is something like windows media Player and not Audacity itself!

If that is so try to download the VLC player here: http://www.videolan.org/vlc/

This is very 'lightweight' and shouldn't hijack a bunch of Windows settings.

It is certainly true that Windows settings can significantly complicate the process of Audacity setup, but what you are trying to do should be relatively straightforward.

I’m still not sure what you are functionally trying to achieve, however.

I am not clear what you mean by this; could you elaborate?

To set the device options click Edit->Preferences->Devices.

Host should be set to the default (MME on mine)

Playback=Speakers (with the name of your sound device in brackets)

Recording device then is the specific source you want to use, with 'Stereo mix' the jargon for whatever is playing through your speakers. However, if that for example is a CD it is much better to select CD directly in the device option.

Also worth checking in Preferences is the 'Quality' menu.

My settings there are:

Default Sample Rate: 44100
Sample format 32-bit float

Real-time conversion:
Sample rate converter: Fast Sinc Interpolation
Dither: None

Sample Rate Converter: High quality sinc
Dither: Triangle.

You might also find this article useful: http://www.howtogeek.com/howto/40465/htg-explains-what-are-the-differences-betwe...

And rightly so too; your tenaciousness would be a credit to any vintage.

My advice is to get one with physical space inside the case and sufficient motherboard connections for at least four hard disks, and the capability to run these in a RAID configuration.

SATA III should also come in handy in the years to come.

In my version of Photoshop you have to click 'Save for web & devices'.