Re: Music stream capture app?
On Tuesday, August 7, 2012 9:11:54 PM UTC-6, JohnV wrote: > > My only take on AUDACITY is that, while it seems (both on looking and > its reputation) to be very functional, I found it completely at odds > with my idea of something even remotely intuitive or ergonomically > sensible. I couldn;t mange to get ANYTHING done easily, or > instinctively. Yeah, I agree with you John. Audacity has one window, and on that window (among many other things) is a Record button (round), and a Stop button (square), and I managed to figure that out, by trial and error, mostly error. When I hit Record, the waveform of the captured music appears in the window, and when it hit Stop, it stops recording. Then I go to the File menu and export the captured audio into a folder, and that's that. What all the rest of that stuff is all around the window---all those other icons and controls, I don't know. And why you can scroll upward through many other capture windows, I don't know either. Another thing I found: if you hit Stop, and the capture stops, and then you hit Record again, it starts recording back at the beginning again, recording right over what you've already got, so you don't want to do that. (Maybe I should choose a second capture window?) Other than that, you do have to launch Soundflowerbed before Audacity, and then in the Sound prefs panel, choose Soundflowerbed as both the Input and the Output, or else Audacity won't do anything. And that is the sum total of my knowledge of Audacity, and yet I've managed to capture some nice music with it today. So, it works. And it's free. But I'm open to trying other apps, and probably will, based on what other people are recommending here. All the best, Tom -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Music stream capture app?
My only take on AUDACITY is that, while it seems (both on looking and its reputation) to be very functional, I found it completely at odds with my idea of something even remotely intuitive or ergonomically sensible. I couldn;t mange to get ANYTHING done easily, or instinctively. On Aug 7, 2012, at 9:24 PM, Tom wrote: I'd like to thank everybody for the suggestions. I subscribed to the e-mail for replies, instead of the digest, and I was trying to thank individual responders from there, but found out that you can't reply to individuals that way, only to the list. So my replies to individuals bounced back. But I do thank everyone for the suggestions. Someone first suggested Audacity, which is free, so I downloaded it and am now giving it a try (I found out that you also have to download Soundflower to work with it, or it won't work.) Audacity seems like a good program, although I don't understand all its controls yet. You just let it capture the audio stream for as long as you want, then stop it, and then export the captured audio to a folder in any format you choose (I picked AIFF because Final Cut likes AIFF, and I sometimes use music in my videos). Most of the Audacity controls appear to be for editing the audio. But I have an old copy of Sound Studio that I can use for that, and I'm comfortable with Sound Studio from long use. Anything I export from Audacity can be imported into Sound Studio for any necessary editing (such as separating out the various pieces of music in the captured stream, etc). I see a lot of votes for Hijack Pro, so I'll go check that out too, at least if they have a free version (I'm not averse to paying for a good program, but if Audacity is a typical free one, then these freebies appear to be pretty capable). If anyone has tried Audacity and can compare it to other apps, that would be useful to me also. Again, thanks much for the help.This is a great group! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/ group/g3-5-list -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Music stream capture app?
> > I'd like to thank everybody for the suggestions. I subscribed to the > e-mail for replies, instead of the digest, and I was trying to thank > individual responders from there, but found out that you can't reply to > individuals that way, only to the list. So my replies to individuals > bounced back. But I do thank everyone for the suggestions. > Someone first suggested Audacity, which is free, so I downloaded it and am > now giving it a try (I found out that you also have to download Soundflower > to work with it, or it won't work.) > Audacity seems like a good program, although I don't understand all its controls yet. You just let it capture the audio stream for as long as you want, then stop it, and then export the captured audio to a folder in any format you choose (I picked AIFF because Final Cut likes AIFF, and I sometimes use music in my videos). Most of the Audacity controls appear to be for editing the audio. But I have an old copy of Sound Studio that I can use for that, and I'm comfortable with Sound Studio from long use. Anything I export from Audacity can be imported into Sound Studio for any necessary editing (such as separating out the various pieces of music in the captured stream, etc). I see a lot of votes for Hijack Pro, so I'll go check that out too, at least if they have a free version (I'm not averse to paying for a good program, but if Audacity is a typical free one, then these freebies appear to be pretty capable). If anyone has tried Audacity and can compare it to other apps, that would be useful to me also. Again, thanks much for the help.This is a great group! -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Re: Music stream capture app?
On Monday, August 6, 2012 6:32:52 PM UTC-7, Paul wrote: > > On 8/6/12 3:30 pm, JoeTaxpayer wrote: > > Audio Hijack allows for advanced settings. > > > > > Anyone know of one that will work with Mountain Lion? > > I'll throw in my lot for Audio Hijack Pro. Got it originally when it was > free. > Maybe they still have a free version. But, I found it easy to use and well featured. Also, I'm certain they have, are or will be updating to ML compatibility. Cliff -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
Music stream capture app?
I'd also like to recomend Wiretap. It has lots of great features to help you as well. -- You received this message because you are a member of G-Group, a group for those using G3, G4, and G5 desktop Macs - with a particular focus on Power Macs. The list FAQ is at http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml and our netiquette guide is at http://www.lowendmac.com/lists/netiquette.shtml To post to this group, send email to g3-5-list@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/g3-5-list
