diff --git a/src-tauri/src/commands.rs b/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
index 04a3524..8aaf10a 100644
--- a/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
+++ b/src-tauri/src/commands.rs
@@ -63,6 +63,8 @@ fn default_settings() -> Settings {
         pst_last_path: None,
         pst_auto_sync: false,
         audio_output_device: None,
+        microphone_enabled: true,
+        audio_input_device: None,
     }
 }
 
@@ -286,14 +288,39 @@ pub async fn start_recording(
     let (frame_tx, frame_rx) = std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel::<Vec<f32>>(8);
     // Level updates + device-change notices (FR-CAP-5/6); low-volume, forwarded to events below.
     let (event_tx, event_rx) = std::sync::mpsc::sync_channel::<crate::audio::CaptureEvent>(8);
-    let capture = WasapiCapture
-        .start(
-            &wav_path,
-            settings.audio_output_device.as_deref(),
-            frame_tx,
-            event_tx,
-        )
-        .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))?;
+
+    // When the mic is enabled (FR-CAP-7), capture it alongside loopback and let
+    // the mixer sum both into `frame_tx`; with it off, loopback feeds the
+    // transcription worker directly, exactly as before (no mixer overhead). A
+    // microphone that fails to open must not sink the meeting: we log and fall
+    // back to loopback-only (the mixer forwards loopback alone once its sink
+    // drops).
+    let (capture, mic_capture) = if settings.microphone_enabled {
+        let (loop_sink, mic_sink) = crate::audio::spawn_mixer(frame_tx);
+        let capture = WasapiCapture
+            .start(
+                &wav_path,
+                settings.audio_output_device.as_deref(),
+                loop_sink,
+                event_tx.clone(),
+            )
+            .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))?;
+        let mic = WasapiCapture
+            .start_microphone(settings.audio_input_device.as_deref(), mic_sink, event_tx)
+            .map_err(|e| tracing::warn!("microphone capture unavailable: {e}"))
+            .ok();
+        (capture, mic)
+    } else {
+        let capture = WasapiCapture
+            .start(
+                &wav_path,
+                settings.audio_output_device.as_deref(),
+                frame_tx,
+                event_tx,
+            )
+            .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))?;
+        (capture, None)
+    };
 
     // Fire-and-forget: exits on its own once `event_tx` drops at capture stop;
     // nothing downstream needs to join it.
@@ -449,6 +476,7 @@ pub async fn start_recording(
     *guard = Some(RecordingSession {
         meeting_id: meeting_id.clone(),
         capture,
+        mic_capture,
         retention: args.record,
         wav_path,
         started_at: std::time::Instant::now(),
@@ -497,8 +525,13 @@ pub async fn stop_recording(
     let summary = WasapiCapture
         .stop(session.capture)
         .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))?;
-    // The capture thread has dropped its `FrameSink`; the transcription worker's
-    // `recv()` now returns `Err` and the worker exits on its own — join to
+    // Stop the mic too (FR-CAP-7) so the mixer sees both sinks drop and closes
+    // `frame_tx`; ignore its summary/errors — the loopback WAV is the recording.
+    if let Some(mic) = session.mic_capture {
+        let _ = WasapiCapture.stop(mic);
+    }
+    // Both capture threads have now dropped their `FrameSink`s; the transcription
+    // worker's `recv()` returns `Err` and the worker exits on its own — join to
     // guarantee it has fully drained the audio before we act on retention.
     let _ = session.transcription_worker.join();
 
@@ -621,6 +654,11 @@ pub async fn pause_recording(
     WasapiCapture
         .pause(&session.capture)
         .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))?;
+    if let Some(mic) = session.mic_capture.as_ref() {
+        WasapiCapture
+            .pause(mic)
+            .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))?;
+    }
     drop(guard);
     let _ = app.emit(
         "recording://state",
@@ -643,6 +681,11 @@ pub async fn resume_recording(
     WasapiCapture
         .resume(&session.capture)
         .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))?;
+    if let Some(mic) = session.mic_capture.as_ref() {
+        WasapiCapture
+            .resume(mic)
+            .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))?;
+    }
     drop(guard);
     let _ = app.emit(
         "recording://state",
@@ -923,6 +966,16 @@ pub async fn list_audio_devices() -> WaResult<Vec<crate::audio::AudioDeviceInfo>
         .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))
 }
 
+/// Enumerate capture (microphone) devices for the Settings "Microphone" picker
+/// (FR-CAP-7). Blocking COM enumeration, so it runs off the async runtime thread.
+#[tauri::command]
+pub async fn list_input_devices() -> WaResult<Vec<crate::audio::AudioDeviceInfo>> {
+    tauri::async_runtime::spawn_blocking(crate::audio::list_capture_devices)
+        .await
+        .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))?
+        .map_err(|e| WaError::new("audio", e.to_string()))
+}
+
 #[derive(Deserialize)]
 pub struct SetPreferredBackendArgs {
     pub backend: String, // "auto"|"npu"|"nvidia"|"amd"|"intel"|"cpu"