Ableton Forum

Quite often i like to incorporate samples from old movies/obscure productions that are most readily available on youtube. I've conceived of a number of ways to go about getting the sound into a sample-able format and was wondering what technique others use.

Usually I download the video using a utility like firefox's 'download helper', then I convert the downloaded video file into mp3 using a media converter, usually media-convert.com.

I'm keen to hear other people's methods and suggestions of better programs and apps to use in the process.

I'm on a mac and i use audio hi jack pro for everything related to what your talking about.

it records to various formats including aac.

You may find something similar for whatever platform your using.

+1 for hi-jack pro. its the schnizzle.

+2 for that shnizzit. you can easily record and organize any audio your puter will play. i like how you can set up different recording sources with varying formats ahead of time, or just quickly set it up on the fly. plus its cheap!

i usually send files straight to Amadeus Pro for quick, easy edits, then into Live for total tweakage...

Looks like I'll be getting my hands on hijacker Thanks guys I knew there had to be an easier way!

what about your current method/media convert don't you like, i just found out about media convert and was about to give it a try.

Sounds like you're situated, but for the record you could also use soundflower:

http://www.cycling74.com/products/soundflower

It's free and handy.

Set your internal sound to soundflower 1,2

Set your ableton inputs to soundflower

activate inputs 1,2

Record anything on the internet.

o0o wrote:what about your current method/media convert don't you like, i just found out about media convert and was about to give it a try.

The media convert method works just fine but it requires an extra step, downloading the video from youtube. With hijacker it seems to be a much simpler process as I can source the audio track directly from the website without the need to deal with the video.

However I am going to wait a while before I register with hijacker which means I'll be using the media convert method for any clips over 10 minutes

dhilsabeck wrote:Sounds like you're situated, but for the record you could also use soundflower:

http://www.cycling74.com/products/soundflower

It's free and handy.

Set your internal sound to soundflower 1,2

Set your ableton inputs to soundflower

activate inputs 1,2

Record anything on the internet.

Amazing. I always wanted a way to do this.

http://www.cycling74.com/products/soundflower

This is cool.

I didn't see a windows version, is there one????