record audio

[upup]

Hi, My previous sound card had a "what you hear" feature. Now I need to record a piece [audio] from a you tube video for a school kid to learn to sing it.

Seems the only way is to take output to input cable on the sound card.

The song is "your guardian angel".

 

[DJ...]

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ should do the trick for you. No need to run the output to the input...

 

[LazyLion]

+1 Audacity Rocks! Great Program!

 

[oldhat]

You may also want to try http://www.convertfiles.com/
or download the youtube vid & extract audio using one of these:

http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/guides/free-video-to-mp3-converter.htm
http://www.guidingtech.com/5729/13-free-software-rip-audio-from-video/

 

[upup]

You may also want to try

http://www.dvdvideosoft.com/guides/free-video-to-mp3-converter.htm

This thing did it. It took like 4 seconds. I though it will take longer.

Thank you, mr oldhat.

 

[oldhat]

This thing did it. It took like 4 seconds. I though it will take longer.

Thank you, mr oldhat.

Glad to be of help

 

[DJ...]

Any reasons why Audacity couldn't do it for you?

 

[oldhat]

Any reasons why Audacity couldn't do it for you?

Audacity can indeed do this by selecting the wave output of stream as it's input for recording(no need for loop-back cables), or by importing a downloaded video but may not be as quick, or as to use as a dedicated audio extraction tool.

 

[Terencek]

I have often found that the reason Audacity (or any other audio editor) can't initially do this is because 'Stereo Mix' is not enabled in the Sound properties by default; you need to have it enabled as your source in order to do live recording off your sound card.

You need to go into Sound properties and then where the various devices are shown for Playback, using a right-click menu, you have enable any devices which are disabled. This will usually put Stereo Mix back into the playback devices list and you are then in business with a little tweaking.

 

[upup]

My previous soundcard had "what u hear". This one dont have "stereo mix". Right click brings up what's this. Where do you right click?

 

[Terencek]

Assuming you are using Windows 7 (I think however it was similar in XP): Go to Control Panel, Sound, Recording tab, then right-click and you will get a menu where you can check Show Disabled Devices. (If I am not mistaken Stereo Mix was enabled by default in XP, but I read that Microsoft disabled it by default after that under pressure from the music industry, to discourage direct recording....)

This should enable Stereo Mix to be displayed in the Recording tab. The default settings should be fine, but you can also then use the right-click menu with Stereo Mix to display its Properties, where you can carry out any tweaks (including the output volume, which may need to be adjusted for best recording results).

Audacity itself can regulate input and output volume to a certain extent. You then also need to be sure that Audacity's Preferences are set for Stereo Mix input, not microphone etc.