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I have downloaded Audacity software but cannot understand the
instructions. i want to record internet radio broadcasts and then transfer them to my iTunes library. Is there a step-by-step guide anywhere to help? |
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On Sep 28, 11:35 am, upalong wrote:
I have downloaded Audacity software but cannot understand the instructions. Don't feel bad. I've been doing this sort of thing for 40 years and I haven't found anything surrounding Audacity that I'd call "instructions." Is there a step-by-step guide anywhere to help? 1. Buy and install a copy of Total Recorder ( http://totalrecorder.com/index.htm ) 2. Start the Internet broadcast using Winamp, Real Player, Media Player, or whatever you usually use to listen to it. 3. Select "digital" as the record source for Total Recorder and start recording. You can set a timer to stop at a specific time. Whenever someone mentions Total Recorder around here, people usually come up with another program or two with similar capabilities, some of which are even free. So you might wait for those responses if you really want to not spend any money on this project (I can understand that). |
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"upalong" wrote ...
I have downloaded Audacity software but cannot understand the instructions. i want to record internet radio broadcasts and then transfer them to my iTunes library. Is there a step-by-step guide anywhere to help? Products like "Total Recorder" (http://www.highcriteria.com/) are made for that kind of recording. It is not free, but it is very cheap and worth it for that kind of application. |
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On Sep 28, 1:24 pm, Lucky wrote:
Audio Hijack Obsolete, and for Mac only. But Radio Shift might be appropriate if the Audacity user is on a Mac. http://www.rogueamoeba.com/radioshift/ Not free, though, and more expensive than Total Recorder. |
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upalong wrote:
I have downloaded Audacity software but cannot understand the instructions. i want to record internet radio broadcasts and then transfer them to my iTunes library. Is there a step-by-step guide anywhere to help? download freecorder instead and it's insanely easy to do what you want |
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Mike Rivers wrote:
On Sep 28, 1:24 pm, Lucky wrote: Audio Hijack Obsolete, and for Mac only. Why is it obsolete? But Radio Shift might be appropriate if the Audacity user is on a Mac. http://www.rogueamoeba.com/radioshift/ Not free, though, and more expensive than Total Recorder. I'll check it out. Paying for stuff is OK. |
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On Sep 28, 5:04 pm, Lucky wrote:
Why is it obsolete? Because it's not supported any longer. |
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On Sep 28, 3:24 pm, robertjwarren wrote:
download freecorder instead and it's insanely easy to do what you want Why would anyone want to download a program with a review like this from cnet, usually a fairly reliable resource: "All Freecorder can do is record sound into the MP3 format at a bit rate of 64Kbps, but that is too low for decent music recording. The program can't automatically name files. The Advanced Recording Options buttons just lead to Web pages hawking the publisher's other products. When you try to choose the 128 Kbps bit rate or check the Eliminate Silence box, a registration reminder pops up, and another nag appears when you exit. The actual recording interface looks nice enough, but it unfortunately displays ads. As long as you don't care about sound quality or convenience, Freecorder might do the job." By the way, it's free to try, but $19.95 to buy. They no longer make that version and there's a new version that installs as a browser toolbar. It looks a little messy, though apparently it's free. http://www.applian.com/sound-recorder/ The same company has a different program, Replay A/V, that includes a timer so you can set it up to automatically record a program at a given time, but it's not clear how difficult (if not impossible) it is to add a source to the pre-installed program list. It's $50. For the PC, Total Recorder is really hard to beat. Mac users, go fish. |
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Mike Rivers wrote:
On Sep 28, 5:04 pm, Lucky wrote: Why is it obsolete? Because it's not supported any longer. Pro is. Besides, I don't need no stinkin' support! The program you mentioned is geared specifically to stations they're affiliated with, rather than any audio on the computer. |
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Mike Rivers wrote:
For the PC, Total Recorder is really hard to beat. Mac users, go fish. Okay: http://www.cycling74.com/products/soundflower http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/ http://tinyurl.com/2jczzt -- ha Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam |
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On Sep 28, 11:35*am, upalong wrote:
I have downloaded Audacity software but cannot understand the instructions. i want to record internet radio broadcasts and then transfer them to my iTunes library. Is there a step-by-step guide anywhere to help? I use audacity to record streaming audio. Set your Audacity program recording preferences. If your using a PC, select recording source as mono mix in the sound settings. Start your audacity recording, Start your audio stream, Edit the start-up lag in the recording when the radio show is over and you have saved the project. Good luck |
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On Sep 28, 9:03 pm, Getting Older and Grumpier Gear Minion westpase-
wrote: I use audacity to record streaming audio. Set your Audacity program recording preferences. If your using a PC, select recording source as mono mix in the sound settings. Start your audacity recording, Start your audio stream, Edit the start-up lag in the recording when the radio show is over and you have saved the project. Good luck Geez, no wonder upalong can't understand the instructions. I can't understand a thing you wrote there except "start your audio stream" I guess some got it and some ain't. |
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On Sep 28, 11:10*pm, Mike Rivers wrote:
On Sep 28, 9:03 pm, Getting Older and Grumpier Gear Minion westpase- wrote: I use audacity to record streaming audio. Set your Audacity program recording preferences. If your using a PC, select recording source as mono mix in the sound settings. Start your audacity recording, Start your audio stream, Edit the start-up lag in the recording when the radio show is over and you have saved the project. Good luck Geez, no wonder upalong can't understand the instructions. I can't understand a thing you wrote there except "start your audio stream" I guess some got it and some ain't. I am a long way from being an expert, or even being computer literate, but I've been able to make Audacity work. I can record from a microphone. Or I can record from anything going to the PC's speakers (yes I'm stuck with a PC, probably buy a Mac next though). You can't do both at once because you have to select your recording source both in Audacity and in the Control Panel. Once you've done that the rest is fairly intuitive. Basically it just works. Except with Vista. I've given up, I can't make Audacity work with Vista. Well, I did get it to clip pieces off a CD playing, but I've never got it to recognize a mike. |
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TimR wrote:
I can record from a microphone. Or I can record from anything going to the PC's speakers (yes I'm stuck with a PC, probably buy a Mac next though). You can't do both at once because you have to select your recording source both in Audacity and in the Control Panel. Once you've done that the rest is fairly intuitive. Basically it just works. I've also tried looping out and in. There is a slapback effect, probably due to latency. Except with Vista. I've given up, I can't make Audacity work with Vista. Well, I did get it to clip pieces off a CD playing, but I've never got it to recognize a mike. Mojave! |
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On Sun, 28 Sep 2008 09:42:01 -0700 (PDT), Mike Rivers wrote:
On Sep 28, 11:35 am, upalong wrote: I have downloaded Audacity software but cannot understand the instructions. Don't feel bad. I've been doing this sort of thing for 40 years and I haven't found anything surrounding Audacity that I'd call "instructions." Is there a step-by-step guide anywhere to help? 1. Buy and install a copy of Total Recorder ( http://totalrecorder.com/index.htm ) 2. Start the Internet broadcast using Winamp, Real Player, Media Player, or whatever you usually use to listen to it. 3. Select "digital" as the record source for Total Recorder and start recording. You can set a timer to stop at a specific time. Whenever someone mentions Total Recorder around here, people usually come up with another program or two with similar capabilities, some of which are even free. So you might wait for those responses if you really want to not spend any money on this project (I can understand that). Welcome to the world of Linux and Open Source programs Mike. You've got 10 years on me though I started with a Teac 3340+dbx and migrated to a Tascam 80-8(model number may be wrong)....and went up from there. One thing I learned along the way is that Linux and open source, as they call it, software sucks...... You post a message complaining or asking for help about some issues and these eggheads are asking you about what flags you used to compile the program!!!!! WTF? Then there is the elitist attitude these Linux lusers seem to have.... Who the fsk cares if I can compile a kernel? I surely don't. I want to make music. Forget it... Go Reaper/Sonar/Cubase/Nuendo/Protools/etc and never look back on this Open Source ****.... -- Moshe Goldfarb Collector of soaps from around the globe. Please visit The Hall of Linux Idiots: http://linuxidiots.blogspot.com/ Please Visit www.linsux.org |
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"Lucky" wrote...
TimR wrote: Except with Vista. I've given up, I can't make Audacity work with Vista. There is a long and growing list of things users ("Vista Victims") can't get to work. Well, I did get it to clip pieces off a CD playing, but I've never got it to recognize a mike. Mojave! Yeah, that will be better. If Vista has such a poor reputation, then change the name to "Mojave". It might be enough to distract or confuse the users who aren't really paying attention. If there was any doubt that Microsoft has lost its way.... |
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Try Radiotracker, easy to use and works for recording internet radios.
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On Sep 28, 11:19 pm, TimR wrote:
I can record from a microphone. Or I can record from anything going to the PC's speakers (yes I'm stuck with a PC, probably buy a Mac next though). You can't do both at once because you have to select your recording source both in Audacity and in the Control Panel. Once you've done that the rest is fairly intuitive. Basically it just works. Yes, basically. g But a lot of that is dependent on the sound card and the Windows "mixer" control panel. I have Audacity loaded on most of my computers and use it for recording from line inputs on whatever audio hardware is on the computer. When the discussion of recording an on-line stream comes up (and I can assure you, this isn't the first time) people toss it off as simply "click on 'record what you hear' in the control panel" but I've never had a sound card that had that choice. In the old days, I'd just loop the analog audio around with a cable - connect the sound card's line output to its line input, started a broadcast stream playing in a media player, and set up Audacity to record, with all the recording inputs muted but the line input. Clumsy but it worked. Total Recorder's trick is that they have a driver that passes the digital audio stream captured by the media player directly to the recording program. That way, there are no cables to connect and no levels to adjust. |
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On Sep 29, 12:54 am, Lucky wrote:
I've also tried looping out and in. There is a slapback effect, probably due to latency. What you need to do with that setup is turn off record monitoring, and there's usually a button for this in the Windows mixer, but it might be in Audacity. If it wasn't for latency, you'd have howling feedback. |
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On Sep 29, 1:47 am, "Moshe Goldfarb." wrote:
I started with a Teac 3340+dbx and migrated to a Tascam 80-8(model number may be wrong)....and went up from there. I had an 80-8 as well. After I got rid of the Ampex MM-1100 which replaced it, it's all been down from there. g Actually, I do like my Mackie HDR24/96 (what's essentially replaced the MM-1100) and I appreciate the capabilities of a DAW for editing material once it's mixed down to stereo, but I still haven't really warmed to a combination recorder/mixer/editor/processor all built out of a cheap computer. One thing I learned along the way is that Linux and open source, as they call it, software sucks...... I think that open source software is really a good idea, but not necessarily for end users. Harrison saved a lot of money in software development when they built a digital console with a recording "sidecar" around the open source program Ardour. But if you have a Harrison console, you don't go to the Ardour support forum for help, you go to Harrison. But suppose you don't want to spend a few hundred bucks on Cubase or Cakewalk, or you've decided that you've used your last Microsoft operating system. You set up an Ardour system, and when you go to the forum for assistance, while you'll be talking to people who are very knowledgeable about the inner workings of the program and Linux, few of them are up to date on the latest audio hardware and may not actually be doing productive work using the program. (A few do, actually, but they don't usually hang out on the support forum.) I use Mozilla products for my mail and web browsing. While they come to us pre-compiled, when I ask for help, I don't often get practical suggestions, and usually end up either fixing the problem myself or learning to ignore it. When it comes to recording, particularly since I almost always work on other people's projects rather than my own (where I don't want to waste their time), I just feel more comfortable using hardware and software that has enough money behind it (including some of mine) so that the seller can afford to give me support when I need it. Getting back to Audacity, it works OK for basic tasks. It doesn't stick very closely with Windows (or anyone else's) user interface conventions, so if you've used other programs, there are some things that you have to remember to do differently, or are named differently. But Audacity isn't the only one guilty of that. |
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On Sep 28, 11:10*pm, Mike Rivers wrote:
On Sep 28, 9:03 pm, Getting Older and Grumpier Gear Minion westpase- wrote: I use audacity to record streaming audio. Set your Audacity program recording preferences. If your using a PC, select recording source as mono mix in the sound settings. Start your audacity recording, Start your audio stream, Edit the start-up lag in the recording when the radio show is over and you have saved the project. Good luck Geez, no wonder upalong can't understand the instructions. I can't understand a thing you wrote there except "start your audio stream" I guess some got it and some ain't. Sorry Mike, I'm not a technical copy writer. I was doing this from memory. This laptop has Audacity, but won't record streaming audio due to lack of recording source on the mixer control panel. I guess that's the rub when your trying to use free software rather than purchased. I'll see if I can revise the procedure to make better sense. I don't know if upalong could follow what I posted,or if his computer is one that doesn't have the drivers to get from steaming audio to Audacity line-in. BTW I'm using the beta version of Audacity and there is the help menu on the toolbar that seems to be fairly straight forward on getting a track recorded, it's your source on OS sound mixer panel that is the variable. YMMV apparently. |
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Mike Rivers wrote:
I think that open source software is really a good idea, but not necessarily for end users. I think it depends what one wants/needs to do. I've recently been using NeoOffice, a Mac-GUI version of OpenOffice, and it works fine. It deals with all the types of files my Windows friends and business associates send me, and allows me to send them stuff that realiably opens on their end. I browse in Firefox, and when I ocassionally meet a site that won't work I'll try Safari. If the site still doesn't work, I don't need to go there. My son started last year learning GIMP, an open source app that's like Photoshop. He quickly got up to basic speed, and again, it all seems to work fine. OTOH, while I'm sure Jay Kadis gets around in Linux DAW's, most of us haven't much success there. I've gone and taken a look at what's offerred for download and met that "build" thing, of which I know nothing. I've also watched guys who program for a living try to get some simple Linux audio stuff working, only for playback at a dance studio. After a couple of part-time weeks they talked with another programmer who's been there and done that and learned that such-and-such is broken and it won't work. I'm sure a programmer of a certain skill set could go in there and code what's broken until it works. I am not that person. Logic might be a pain in the ass sometimes, but even I can get my work done in it. -- ha Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam |
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hank alrich wrote:
I think it depends what one wants/needs to do. I've recently been using NeoOffice, a Mac-GUI version of OpenOffice, and it works fine. It deals with all the types of files my Windows friends and business associates send me, and allows me to send them stuff that realiably opens on their end. Good point. It's OK for mainstream applications that have had some time to evolve. They probably aren't making changes and coming up with bug fixes every couple of days, or at least not ones that you see any good reason to install. But there just aren't enough users of audio programs who area also good programmers for me to trust my reputation on them. OTOH, while I'm sure Jay Kadis gets around in Linux DAW's, most of us haven't much success there. I've gone and taken a look at what's offerred for download and met that "build" thing, of which I know nothing. I've also watched guys who program for a living try to get some simple Linux audio stuff working, only for playback at a dance studio. After a couple of part-time weeks they talked with another programmer who's been there and done that and learned that such-and-such is broken and it won't work. My friend Don dabbles in audio and is very serious about Unix operating systems and programming. I keep encouraging him to build up an Ardour system mostly so I can play with it, and he keeps stalling because whatever version of Unix he has on whatever machine he could install the program on is missing this and such library and he'd have to find it, and then he'd need to update the compiler and get something else. I think when he put together a memorial CD of recordings he had of a musician friend who died recently, he used his Mac Mini (the only computer he'll trust to connect to the net but only after he hyper-secured it, which was possible for him to do to his satisfaction because of his Unix knowledge) and Garage Band. -- If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) |
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On Mon, 29 Sep 2008 07:05:45 -0700, hank alrich wrote:
Mike Rivers wrote: I think that open source software is really a good idea, but not necessarily for end users. I think it depends what one wants/needs to do. I've recently been using NeoOffice, a Mac-GUI version of OpenOffice, and it works fine. It deals with all the types of files my Windows friends and business associates send me, and allows me to send them stuff that realiably opens on their end. I browse in Firefox, and when I ocassionally meet a site that won't work I'll try Safari. If the site still doesn't work, I don't need to go there. My son started last year learning GIMP, an open source app that's like Photoshop. He quickly got up to basic speed, and again, it all seems to work fine. OTOH, while I'm sure Jay Kadis gets around in Linux DAW's, most of us haven't much success there. I've gone and taken a look at what's offerred for download and met that "build" thing, of which I know nothing. It would be unusual to download or build the software manually. The normal way to install software on Linux is to use the package manager, which pretty much involves clicking on 'Ardour' then clicking 'install'. I've also watched guys who program for a living try to get some simple Linux audio stuff working, only for playback at a dance studio. After a couple of part-time weeks they talked with another programmer who's been there and done that and learned that such-and-such is broken and it won't work. Seems a little odd. Every distro comes with a music player you can cue up a collection of tracks in. I'd be astonished if anyone could mess this up. I'm sure a programmer of a certain skill set could go in there and code what's broken until it works. I am not that person. Logic might be a pain in the ass sometimes, but even I can get my work done in it. In the end, that's all that really matters. |
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Mike Rivers wrote:
On Sep 29, 12:54 am, Lucky wrote: I've also tried looping out and in. There is a slapback effect, probably due to latency. What you need to do with that setup is turn off record monitoring, and there's usually a button for this in the Windows mixer, but it might be in Audacity. If it wasn't for latency, you'd have howling feedback. Windows? Silly boy. |
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Lucky wrote:
Windows? Silly boy. OK, turn off monitoring in the mixer control panel. You find it. -- If you e-mail me and it bounces, use your secret decoder ring and reach me he double-m-eleven-double-zero at yahoo -- I'm really Mike Rivers ) |
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Mike Rivers wrote:
Lucky wrote: Windows? Silly boy. OK, turn off monitoring in the mixer control panel. You find it. I'm good thank you. I was just sharing an anecdote about a way that I don't want to do something. I'm just as much of a pro as you - just slightly younger, and almost as handsome. ;-) |
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On Sep 28, 12:35 pm, upalong wrote:
I have downloaded Audacity software but cannot understand the instructions. i want to record internet radio broadcasts and then transfer them to my iTunes library. Is there a step-by-step guide anywhere to help? The last time I worked with Audacity it had a lot of issues. The main one being it could not record a longer length audio source(pretty much rules out radio streams). I had constant crashes and gave up on it - I am running Blaze Media Pro now and love it - works great for recording and editing streams and other media sources. |
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On Sep 30, 10:30*am, Tessera wrote:
On Sep 28, 12:35 pm, upalong wrote: I have downloaded Audacity software but cannot understand the instructions. i want to record internet radio broadcasts and then transfer them to my iTunes library. Is there a step-by-step guide anywhere to help? The last time I worked with Audacity it had a lot of issues. The main one being it could not record a longer length audio source(pretty much rules out radio streams). I had constant crashes and gave up on it - I am running Blaze Media Pro now and love it - works great for recording and editing streams and other media sources. Hi, I'm recording radio show segments that are running in WMP10 with Audacity, usually 1 hour cuts so I'm in a commercial to stop, save and start a new project for the second hour, but have run one recording at least 1.5 hours when I forgot about it. I'm pretty sure it's the 1.3.5 Beta version on a XPpro.SP3 Dell laptop. Took a couple of tries to find the right source on the Recording Control Panel of the OS. They are 44.1-16 recordings and haven't had an issue with them crashing. I'll check out Blaze Media Pro though. Thanks. |
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"upalong" wrote in message ... I have downloaded Audacity software but cannot understand the instructions. i want to record internet radio broadcasts and then transfer them to my iTunes library. Is there a step-by-step guide anywhere to help? Here's how I do it: I use Screamer Radio to pick up the station. I then click on the REC button and the MUTE button. After you've recorded everything you're interested in, open the resulting file with mp3DirectCut. Find the beginning of the part you want to keep and click on Set begin; find the end and click on Set End. Drop down the File menu and click on Save Selection; name the file and Save it. I've done this 1000's of times. Norm Strong |
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