Sorry, must contradict the below.
I use Sound forge and Audio Studio to record what's going through the
sound
card of my computers; not only that but skype conversations and YouTube
and
BBC streams at high quality. This has meant I don't need to move from
my
computer to get interviews with some local people as Skype recorded via
Sound
forge does it very nicely.Streams as well.
All that is necessary to do this is to select the right input device in
the
appropriate recording software's input/output settings. Of course the
mixer,
(M Audio Delta for the most part in my case) has to be set so that the
output
faders are right up, or nearly so. the other faders will control levels
of
line input/ as well as SPDIF, and line and digital outs of the Delta
card.
Much the same goes for the more humble and grotty on-board sound of my
other
computer, but Sound Studio (and goldwave) will record what's going
through the
sound card once the right input has been set. That's often the tricky
part
and where people often come unstuck.
I agree whole heartedly though that goldWave and Total recorder are very
good,
the latter if you aren't going to do a lot of editing. It depends far
more on
your sound card, it's settings and the setup of editing software - if
that's
what you are using. total Recorder would, of course, make things much
easier,
as well as saving money.
Ray
Dane Trethowan wrote:
Hi!
For the purposes of this discussion - as Lisa's asked a perfectly valid
question - I've changed the subject line to avoid confusion.
Yes products like Goldwave, Sound Forge, Total Recorded, Audacity and
Wavepad
have the ability to record from at least the input or multiple audio
input
hardware sources of a computer and that's where Total Recorder is
different,
this software has the purpose built ability to record any audio which is
coming in and out of a Windows computer and this includes software
streams
such as Internet broadcasts, Skye chats, streams of audio being played by
another application such as Winamp or Windows media player and so on, to
my
knowledge software such as Sound Forge, Goldwave, audacity and Wavepad
cannot
"capture" this type of audio so that's where Total Recorder comes into
its
own.
As to what you want or need? Well that's a personal choice, you may find
yourself buying one or more applications for your use, Total Recorder for
example is excellent! for the person who wants to "Record" audio, with
its
built-in tools and flexibility it can't be beaten and the Professional
edition
has a good built-in audio editor to boot. On the other hand of you're
thinking abut doing audio editing which requires the precise manipulation
of
sound they you may have to go for a piece of software with better editing
capabilities such as Sound Forge or Goldwave, I personally recommend
Goldwave
over Sound Forge and I've documented a lot of my reasons why on this
list.
The really great thing is that you can get both Total Recorder and
Goldwave -
in other words a great recording and a great editing tool - for well
under a
hundred dollars, armed with these 2 pieces of software you'll have most
of
what you'll ever require for manipulating sound on your computer, burning
sound to CD and so on.
The primers I gave a link to on the Total Recorder web site can be
adapted to
other applications in the main because the steps outlined are pretty
straight
forward though some may not apply to different applications as outlined
above.
On 16/11/2009, at 5:22 AM, equest1 wrote:
Hi,
My name is Lisa and I'm new to this list: I have one quick question
couldn't you also do the same with gold wave as total recorder. Suppose
someone wants to record from the victor stream instead of using a tape
player could you get the same results from both pieces of soft wear? Or
is
one better than the other?
thanks'
Lisa
----- Original Message ----- From: "Dane Trethowan"
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To: "PC Audio Discussion List" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org>
Sent: Sunday, November 15, 2009 3:16 AM
Subject: Tutorial: Recording an Internet-telephony conversations,Phone
recording system.
Hi everyone!
I response to a question from Steve yesterday regarding recording Skype
conversations, Googletalk etc, I know he wasn't exactly talking about
those
pieces of software but the link to the following tutorial on the Total
Recorder web site should help with most audio chat applications. For
those
who record audio - whether it be from the net or from a tape deck - I
would
certainly recommdn the Professional edition of Total Recorder to be in
your
application toolbox.
http://www.totalrecorder.com/recording_Internet-telephony_conversations.htm
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