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. 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 >> >> -- >> >> Dane Trethowan >>> From Melton Victoria Australia >> mailto:"grtd...@internode.on.net >> Phone United Kingdom >> 02032874641 >> Phone Australia >> :0390058589 >> Phone United States >> :8159261869 >> Fax (+61 3) 9743 7954 >> Mobile/SMS +61 438 571201 >> MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net >> skype:grtdane12 >> Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/grtdane >> blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com >> >> >> >> To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: >> pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org > > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org ****************************** Dane Trethowan >From Melton Victoria Australia mailto:"grtd...@internode.on.net Twitter: http://twitter.com/grtdane blog: http://www.grtdane.wordpress.com Phone United Kingdom 02032874641 Phone Australia 0390058589 Phone United States 8159261869 Fax: +61 3 9743 7954x MSN grtd...@dane-trethowan.net skype:grtdane12 ****************************** To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: pc-audio-unsubscr...@pc-audio.org
