OK but then why is Audacity a free programme? I know that it is multitrack but does it have the same kind of audio editing facilities as goldwave for example?
-----Original Message----- From: pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org [mailto:pc-audio-boun...@pc-audio.org] On Behalf Of Dane Trethowan Sent: 16 November 2009 01:57 AM To: PC Audio Discussion List Subject: Re: Recording Audio Very good, well I did say as far as I know <smile>. On 16/11/2009, at 10:51 AM, Ray wrote: > 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" >> <grtd...@internode.on.net> >> 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. 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