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  1. February 8th, 2007, 11:27 AM #1
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    I got a "newsletter" e-mail from my local Road Runner interent cable service a couple of days ago, announcing that they now offer a free-to-RR-subscribers digital radio service. I checked it out and there are a bunch of different "stations" offered under several different genres (pop, rock, jazz, country, classicla, etc.). Anyway, while I was checking it out, I was listening to a classic rock channel and a tune came on that I liked. I thought to myself, "Gee, I wish I had an MP3 of this here on my PC." Then, in one of those exceedingly rare moments of inspiration, I fired up Audacity, switched the input to "Stereo Mix" and hit the Record control. Voila! I captured the remainder of the song, edited the beginning and the end (since I didn't catch the first 30 seconds or so, I used Audacity's "Fade In" effect for the beginning of the clip), then exported it as an MP3. Worked like a charm! Actually, if you have a media player that supports the Ogg Vorbis format (many do; I use Yahoo Jukebox for .ogg files), use that, because the audio quality is better and the file size smaller.

    So now, when I'm working at my PC and have the RR Radio running in the background, I launch Audacity and have it sitting at the ready in the task tray, in case a tune comes on that I want to grab a copy of. Sure makes it easier to learn the guitar parts in songs I don't already have on CD or in my PC!
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    Hey, great idea. I downloaded the Mac version of audacity, but have not fired it up yet. Not sure, but maybe garageband could do the same thing. I listen to iTunes "radio" stations all the time at work, and do hear songs I want a copy of regularly.
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    That's great... Steve, let us know if you get it to work on the Mac, I can't get it yet.
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    Quote Originally Posted by ted s
    That's great... Steve, let us know if you get it to work on the Mac, I can't get it yet.
    http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16382

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    Superswede is the Guru of all thing Mac.. thanks SS
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    Let's hear it for the Swede. Yeah, I can crank out legal docs and the like, but he is way ahead of me on the curve for anything music beyond managing iTunes and making slideshows with tunes, etc.
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    Quote Originally Posted by sunvalleylaw
    Let's hear it for the Swede. Yeah, I can crank out legal docs and the like, but he is way ahead of me on the curve for anything music beyond managing iTunes and making slideshows with tunes, etc.
    Lol.. well I´ll contact you if I ever need legal advice
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    Quote Originally Posted by SuperSwede
    Lol.. well I´ll contact you if I ever need legal advice
    We´re here to help each other, right?

    Oh yeah brother, you got that right!
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