Record any audio on your PC (including streaming

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 1 Feb 2006 10:16 am

This is free. I tried it and it works great. You can upgrade to their next version (for about $30 with a lot more features) but this will do audio capture at 96KB and create an mp3 file of it.

I have no affiliation with this company. Just wanted to pass this along.
http://www.roemersoftware.com/index.html#Free-Sound-Recorder

Andy Volk · Post by **Andy Volk** » 1 Feb 2006 10:32 am

I'm on a Mac and swear by a program called WireTap Pro. It works great.

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 1 Feb 2006 10:46 am

Yeah, there's a bunch of 'em (Audio Hijack, etc) but this one is FREE and it's pretty darn good as a basic recorder.

This allows you to use the money you would have spent to buy a copy of the excellent book "Lap Steel Guitar" by Andy Volk!

Jack Stoner · Post by **Jack Stoner** » 1 Feb 2006 1:06 pm

Not everyone needs extra software. If you already have the "what you hear" or "system mixer" options for sound source you have the capability to record streaming audio.

Audacity is also an excellent freeware recording program (and a popular program).

Wayne Carver · Post by **Wayne Carver** » 1 Feb 2006 4:36 pm

"Total Recorder" by High Critera seems to be the most favored "Record what you hear" software here on the forum although it cost around $12.00. It records using it's own software and doesn't use your sound card to record. I don't know if that makes a difference though. I'll have to download it and try it one day. I love free stuff. I also use Audacity to edit wave & mp3 files as suggested and like it better than Nero Wave Editor.

Jeremy Steele · Post by **Jeremy Steele** » 3 Feb 2006 10:29 am

Are the "line in" jacks on garden variety sound cards (mine came with my HP Pavilion) stereo or mono? I tried using audacity to record from my cassette deck, using a stereo mini to stero RCA adapter, and all I can get is a mono recording.

Lou[NE] · Post by **Lou[NE]** » 3 Feb 2006 4:34 pm

Go to "Preferences" in the File drop-down menu and make sure you have stereo selected in the channels box.

The line-in input should be stereo.

Hope this helps.

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Ken Lang · Post by **Ken Lang** » 3 Feb 2006 6:37 pm

Hi-Q is cool. When doing a song I start with BIAB (ver 10) to write the chords and pick a style. From there I midi it into Cakewalk (ver 9) and add other tracks like guitar and midi instruments. Cakewalk is supposed to have a mixdown function to make wav, Mp3 and other files, but I can't get it too work. After 3 days I tried Audacity but that doesn't work either.

Today I downloaded the free Hi-Q program and in 20 min was making Mp3 files from cakewalk. I think I'll play with it a few days and then order an upgrade with more functions.
Thanks Bill for the tip. Made my day.

Charles Tilley · Post by **Charles Tilley** » 4 Feb 2006 9:12 am

I downloaded the sound recorder Bill Leff spoke of and within about 20 minutes, I was able to download song files I hade made on my cassette recorder playing steel guitar with CD tracks to the computer and make a CD from them through Windows Media Player.
Good quality sound when properly set up.

It is a VERY EASY program and being FREE even adds to the delight. I will use this a bit and then upgrade.

Thanks Bill for sharing that with us. I have wanted to do this for a long time.

Charles Tilley

Bill Leff · Post by **Bill Leff** » 5 Feb 2006 9:20 am

That makes me happy