Good tip - thanks VDM!
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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Good tip - thanks VDM!
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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.
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
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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.
http://www.versiontracker.com/dyn/moreinfo/macosx/16382Originally Posted by ted s
Try this app, there is many more available on www.versiontracker.com
I can't say that I've given up on a flanger cause I've never liked the effect either. I also can't say the same about Tremolo. I hate them both equally. - Tone2TheBone 2009
Superswede is the Guru of all thing Mac.. thanks SS
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.
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson
Lol.. well I´ll contact you if I ever need legal adviceOriginally Posted by sunvalleylaw
We´re here to help each other, right?
I can't say that I've given up on a flanger cause I've never liked the effect either. I also can't say the same about Tremolo. I hate them both equally. - Tone2TheBone 2009
Originally Posted by SuperSwede
Oh yeah brother, you got that right!
Steve Thompson
Sun Valley, Idaho
Guitars: Fender 60th Anniversary Std. Strat, Squier CVC Tele Hagstrom Viking Semi-hollow, Joshua beach guitar, Martin SPD-16TR Dreadnought
Amphs: Peavey Classic 30, '61 Fender Concert
Effects and such: Boss: DS-1, CE-5, NS-2 and RC20XL looper, Digitech Bad Monkey, Korg AX1G Multi-effects, Berhinger: TU100 tuner, PB100 Clean Boost, Line 6 Toneport UX2, Electro Harmonix Little Big Muff Pi, DuhVoodooMan's Rabid Rodent Rat Clone, Zonkin Yellow Screamer Mk. II, MXR Carbon Copy Delay
love is the answer, at least for most of the questions in my heart. . .
- j. johnson