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    Music Recording Software

    Discussion in 'Windows OS and Software' started by thess1, Nov 13, 2007.

  1. thess1

    thess1 Notebook Enthusiast

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    does anyone know of any music recording software that is free and is not complete crap?
     
    thess1, Nov 13, 2007
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    timtravel42 Notebook Virtuoso

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    audacity:
    audacity.sourceforge.net/
     
    timtravel42, Nov 13, 2007
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  3. thnksfrthmmrs

    thnksfrthmmrs Notebook Evangelist

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    Audacity is excellent at what it does. You can export the file to MP3 after you're done. If you're looking for more I recommend Dexster Audio Editor.
     
    thnksfrthmmrs, Nov 13, 2007
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  4. Hiker

    Hiker Notebook Deity

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    Will Audacity allow you to record internet radio?
     
    Hiker, Nov 13, 2007
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  5. LIVEFRMNYC

    LIVEFRMNYC Blah Blah Blah!!!

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    Yup, just put the proper settings under Audio I/O settings.
     
    LIVEFRMNYC, Nov 13, 2007
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  6. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    I think that depends...

    Some of the newer systems are no longer providing the wave out of the audio card as an input selection for recording. To record internet radio most recording apps would need this. There can be other ways around this, but typically all you had to do was go into the recording input selector and select wave out. Now that's missing so you have to jump through some other hoops.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Nov 13, 2007
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    Sean S Notebook Consultant

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    Audacity is wonderful - Goldwave is also a great one. Goldwave technically costs money, but the demo is full-featured and just has an annoying popup after a certain number of actions (50 i think)
     
    Sean S, Nov 14, 2007
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    Thanks, i'll check into it.
     
    Hiker, Nov 14, 2007
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  9. ScuderiaConchiglia

    ScuderiaConchiglia NBR Vaio Team Curmudgeon

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    I just saw a link to a VERY cool site that may help get around the issue.

    http://vixy.net/

    It will let you point it to a audio or video stream which it will capture and convert to one of four or five formats. I haven't played with it yet but it does LOOK promising.

    Gary
     
    ScuderiaConchiglia, Nov 14, 2007
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