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Recording help

Have you ever found a sound on the internet that you really want to save to your computer? Did the website let you save the file? If you did find a sound and you want to save it you will probably build this instuctable.

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Step 1What you need

you need the folowing:
tape
two sets of earbuds
about 5 minutes

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13 comments

Dec 29, 2010. 2:31 AMrizdek says:

If anyone has software that will create sound files from video clips (e.g. VideoStudio) you can do this.
To get good sound recordings, I had to resort to recording my voice while I video taped. Then I separated the sound from the video clip... easy with VideoStudio. I have also tried recording with audacity, but the sound level is very low. Maybe it's just my mics.

Feb 14, 2009. 3:41 PM

lemonie says:

Why not just make a cable that links line-out to the (mono) mic socket? How do you get around Sound Recorder's 60 second default clip-length? L

Feb 17, 2009. 1:44 PMTOCO (author) says:

Hey lemonie I tried that once and the computer produced a very high pitch noise. I have created several other versions but they all fail.

Feb 17, 2009. 2:31 PM

lemonie says:

The mic socket is mono, and maybe needs less volume. But that aside, how do you get around Sound Recorder's 60 second default clip-length? L

Feb 14, 2009. 4:31 PMmikedoth says:

You could use a male-to-male cable and connect the out to microphone ports but then you wouldn't be able to hear the output. The software method I mentioned below you can.

Feb 17, 2009. 1:43 PMTOCO (author) says:

Hey mikedoth I tried that once and the computer produced a very high pitch noise. I have created several other versions but they all fail.

Feb 17, 2009. 2:41 PMmikedoth says:

Then I would suggest going with the software method (Audacity).
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Method for doing so...
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=recording&i=streaming

Dec 4, 2009. 3:12 PMchipbeats82 says:

EXACTLY. waveout mix is much easier (no hardware) and produces exact replica of original sound.

Oct 14, 2009. 7:59 PMcarlo$ says:

Thanks. It works, it kicks booty! Save me from making a cable.

Feb 14, 2009. 4:35 PM

lemonie says:

Doesn't this output to the PC speakers anyway?
Years ago, I'd see people placing audio cassette players next to each other, one recording and the other playing, with a preliminary "shhhhsh!"

L

Feb 15, 2009. 11:54 AMchosenone3 says:

there some free software to record things from internet :D Did i mentioned free ? :D

Feb 17, 2009. 1:45 PMTOCO (author) says:

What is it called? Please reply

Feb 14, 2009. 3:26 PMmikedoth says:

I tried this once but it's the long way and you loose quality. Install Audacity and have it record from the audio out driver to a file. You can adjust the quality right then and there. This would be good if you wanted to record from something you couldn't find a way to hook up to the pc (i.e. a record player).