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    Any free audio capture software?

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by Patrick Y., Jan 6, 2008.

  1. Patrick Y.

    Patrick Y. Go Newbs! NBR Reviewer

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    Hey everyone,
    I spent a great amount of time researching but all I can find are expensive commercial softwares. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance.
     
    Patrick Y., Jan 6, 2008
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    n0elia Come on Haswell...

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    Audacity easily the best out there, and it's free :D
    It has a lot of options and effects

    Download here
     
    n0elia, Jan 6, 2008
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    Audacity, free audio and recorder software. The power of free software!
     
    Acorn, Jan 6, 2008
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  4. Acorn

    Acorn Notebook Evangelist

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    or these, but some are for linux only.

    [edit] Recording / Editing
    Ardour, a multi-track audio recorder.
    Audacity, audio editor.
    Baudline, signal analyzer.
    Ecasound, audio recorder.
    Freecycle, beat slicer.
    Gnome Wave Cleaner, denoise, dehiss and amplify.
    JAMin, JACK Audio Mastering interface.
    Jokosher, audio editor.
    LinuxSampler, sampler.
    mhWaveEdit, audio editor.
    Mp3gain, adjust MP3 playback volume without re-encoding.
    Mp3splt, splits MP3 and Ogg Vorbis files without re-encoding.
    MusE, MIDI sequencer (not to be confused with MuSE).
    NoteEdit, score writer.
    ReZound, audio editor.
    Rosegarden, MIDI sequencer.
    Seq24, a loop based midi sequencer .
    Snd, audio editor.
    Sweep, audio editor.
    Timemachine, small JACK buffer capture tool.
    Traverso DAW, a multi-track audio recorder.
     
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  5. Patrick Y.

    Patrick Y. Go Newbs! NBR Reviewer

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    Thanks for the quick replies. So is audacity capable of recording from the sound card? I wasn't very specific in my original post, but I would like to be able to capture audio from Internet radio, TVs, etc.
     
    Patrick Y., Jan 6, 2008
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    n0elia Come on Haswell...

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    Yes it is, you just have to set it up in the options I think. Haven't used it for a long time, but I'm sure it can ;)
     
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  7. Patrick Y.

    Patrick Y. Go Newbs! NBR Reviewer

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    Hey,
    Can you tell you me how to do that? I can't find the option that let me record from the sound card.
     
    Patrick Y., Jan 6, 2008
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  8. Patrick Y.

    Patrick Y. Go Newbs! NBR Reviewer

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    Bump. Anyone?
     
    Patrick Y., Jan 7, 2008
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    daniel_g Notebook Consultant

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    You could use Windows Movie Maker. It's free, and best of all, it's already installed on your computer :O

    Just click Tools > Narrate Timeline.

    It will not record from the sound card, but you can use a 1/8 to 1/8 cable that goes from the headphone jack to the microphone jack. Note that some sound cards don't allow this method. Also, you will not get stereo sound out of this.
     
    daniel_g, Jan 7, 2008
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    If you're using Vista, chances are you don't have the 'Stereo Mix' or 'What You Hear' recording options. If you don't consider $20 expensive, you can get Total Recorder basic for that.
     
    olyteddy, Jan 7, 2008
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