How do you record whats coming out of your macs speakers?

ThrowAway · Post by **ThrowAway** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:27 am

I would like to sample from some dvds and streams and I was wondering what programs you guys use to do this. Can you achieve decent quality recording this way? Thanks in advance.

rbmonosylabik · Post by **rbmonosylabik** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:41 am

Jack OS http://www.jackosx.com/
Soundflower http://www.cycling74.com/products/soundflower
or a Cable

4ace · Post by **4ace** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:54 am

www.rogueamoeba.com

Audio Hijack is a free demo with a 10 min limit.

I liked it so much that after 2 months i bought it.It KICKS ASS.........

dango · Post by **dango** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 2:59 am

i use wiretap

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wiretap/

4ace · Post by **4ace** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:23 am

dango wrote:i use wiretap

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wiretap/

I demo'ed that one as well and found AHP UI a little easier for..

YMMV as always

Atomikat · Post by **Atomikat** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 3:52 am

dango wrote:i use wiretap

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wiretap/

+1...

signaturex · Post by **signaturex** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:32 am

Ok i was wrong before. need to create agregate device.from two cards for this. I am using motu traveler. create device from internal and motu.

open agregate device editor.

create device from internal and motu

select use clock from internal check both devices check resample on both devices. click done

in system pref audio select external card not aggregate. I select motu.

in ableton select agregate card as input.

then select all available inputs. then check meters. i get system sound on 15/16. deselect dead inputs to save processor. On output stage be careful i select internal card as ouptut device in ableton right now. HAve selected external card and wrong out put and got feedback. I think the stream off the main mix of travelr is the mains which is 1/2 jacks on traveler patchbay. main out volume pot on traveler does nothing to input in ableton. And volume slider for bus one with first two outputs selected as out put does nothing to system sound in ableton as well. In audio/mid setup this out is described as mix one and it is highlighted as 15/16 on the list. can select 24 bit 96khz. but i get sample destruction. until it is all noise. ... haven't tried doing that with external card as clock source.

Also if you have digital in out on eight inch jack .. get toslink digital combo cable from radioshack #9151597b digital gold series universal optical cable. Run out to in. select internal in ableton preferences should have input from system sound. again. avoid feedback.

motu stuff 700 us dollars

toslink cable 15 us dollars.

Also if higher bit rate is needed use 24 bit and 96khz settings in audio midi set-up ok.. but i have had problems with sample drift an noise as well ... sound is pretty clean at 44.1 no clicks.

have also used toslink on motu optical in and out selecting bus one's output as optical and then optical input # in ableton. having all the inputs selected for this is helpful since having the internal card as part of agregate adds two to beginning of input list as stream one.

Now somebodey tell me where my launch sample editor button went!!!!

Piece of cake? eat it too. JOB less

substance_g · Post by **substance_g** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 8:55 am

rbmonosylabik wrote:Soundflower http://www.cycling74.com/products/soundflower

Yup, soundflower's been good to me.

pulsoc · Post by **pulsoc** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:30 pm

4ace wrote:www.rogueamoeba.com

Audio Hijack is a free demo with a 10 min limit.

I liked it so much that after 2 months i bought it.It KICKS ASS.........

+1 extremely easy to use

ThrowAway · Post by **ThrowAway** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 1:45 am

thanks everyone!

BAKOY_MUSIC · Post by **BAKOY_MUSIC** » Tue Dec 18, 2007 11:34 am

This is how this little apprentice soundman goes about it
supposing you have a sound card with toslink (optical) I/O
and a digital built-in-output (like a mac)

Toslink cable from mac built-in-output ---> Input toslink in the soundcard

In audio/midi setup, in audio devices, set default output to "built-in-output"
(don't forget to mute channels 11&12 in the virtual mixer of your soundcard)

Now in live, open an audio track, signal coming from 11/12 (in my case)

..but i m getting "radiolover" for it's abilty to tag and split songs automatically

that's a little easier than "signaturex"