Re: [xmca] Recording audio files

By coincidence this afternoon I found another free application that does
exactly the same - records any audio stream to .WAV or MP3 files. It called
Freecorder and plugs into IE or Firefox. See:
http://downloads.zdnet.com/abstract.aspx?docid=1107649

Bruce R

----- Original Message -----
From: "Tony Whitson" <twhitson@UDel.Edu>
To: "eXtended Mind, Culture, Activity" <xmca@weber.ucsd.edu>
Cc: "'langandlit'" <LLE-L@listserv.uga.edu>; "'lego'"
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Sent: Thursday, November 05, 2009 4:24 PM
Subject: [xmca] Recording audio files

>I think there are a number of free applications on the 'net that can be
>used to record any audio stream that comes across your sound card (whether
>from a line input or from the Internet) into files that can be saved in
>different file formats (mp3, wma, etc.).
>
> These can then be put on CD's, or used other ways, such as my recordings
> from the Texas legislative and school board sessions in the fights over
> teaching evolution (e.g. at
> http://wp.me/p1V0H-wp and
> https://tw-curricuwiki.wikispaces.com/TXSBOE_March2009_Audio
>
> On Thu, 5 Nov 2009, Peter Smagorinsky wrote:
>
>> More info on transferring cassette recordings to digital format:
>>
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mq5CSJ7LzrU
>> http://www.wikihow.com/Transfer-Cassette-Tape-to-Computer
>> http://www.andybrain.com/archive/convert-cassette-to-cd-digital.htm
>> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2nYEhuhx20E&feature=fvw
>>
>> In the video he's taking his audio files to a CD, but if you just want
>> the
>> audio on your computer you can skip the last part.
>>
>> I'm attaching a handout I developed which explains the same basic thing.
>>
>> He's using Audacity, which is what I'd recommend. It's free,
>> cross-platform, and fairly easy to use. One thing to note is that you'll
>> need to do one of these two things to end up w/ seperate files for each
>> song:
>>
>> - so an individual recording for each song, or
>> - transfer the entire cassette (or each side, anyway) and then split the
>> long recording into individual songs
>>
>> If you're on a Mac (which I think you are, Dr, Smagorinsky) and want to
>> burn
>> a CD, you can use iTunes for that part of the process.
>>
>> If you don't mind spending a little money you can buy a special rig
>> designed
>> to do exactly this. Google "transfer cassette to mp3" and you'll get
>> plenty
>> of hits.
>> Here's one example (though I'm not endorsing it).
>>
>> http://www.buy.com/retail/product.asp?sku=210663763&listingid=37031796
>>
>> Hope that helps.
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>> Ron B
>> --
>> Ron Braxley
>> Digital Media Specialist
>> Office of Information Technology
>> UGA College of Education
>> rbraxley@uga.edu
>> 706.542.8007
>>
>
> Tony Whitson
> UD School of Education
> NEWARK DE 19716
>
> twhitson@udel.edu
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