Re: [xmca] Recording audio files

["Bruce Robinson" <bruce@brucerob.eu>]

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'" 
<LEGO-L@listserv.uga.edu>
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
> _______________________________
>
> "those who fail to reread
>  are obliged to read the same story everywhere"
>                   -- Roland Barthes, S/Z (1970)
> _______________________________________________
> xmca mailing list
> xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
> http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca 

_______________________________________________
xmca mailing list
xmca@weber.ucsd.edu
http://dss.ucsd.edu/mailman/listinfo/xmca