Need a decent sound recorder

2004-05-27 22:59:47

Anyone know a straight-forward sound recorder I can use for taking sound from my sound card and making wav's? I have SoundForge 7 and CoolEdit Pro 2.1 but I got fed up with them and decided they're overkill for what I need, which is something small, simple but good quality (preferably freeware). The input is from my minidisc player, and next I need to make them into wav's, then mp3 (via LAME 3.90.3m).

Need a decent sound recorder

Reply #1 – 2004-05-27 23:01:21

foobar with line recoder ?
www.foobar2000.org

Need a decent sound recorder

Reply #2 – 2004-05-27 23:24:24

Audacity is also an option.

Need a decent sound recorder

Reply #3 – 2004-05-27 23:25:44

StopChop is a quick and dirty solution.

Need a decent sound recorder

Reply #4 – 2004-05-28 18:08:10

HardDiskOgg is my personal choice. Despite the name it also records in wav.

Need a decent sound recorder

Reply #5 – 2004-05-28 21:11:03

I have used the Nero WAV editor for this. It works quite nicely.

Need a decent sound recorder

Reply #6 – 2004-05-28 22:23:05

I am a very satisfied user of Wave Repair, a good simple, low-cost utility for recording and cleaning up sound. Great features if you record from a turntable.

Need a decent sound recorder

Reply #7 – 2004-05-29 01:30:39

I like the look of HardDiskOgg. A couple of suggestions I tried and didn't like, they were still too complex for what I need, which is something very basic and takes no brain to figure out...

Thanks for all the replies.

Need a decent sound recorder

Reply #8 – 2004-05-29 14:35:07

Hello,
  I have found a nice shareware program called Audiotools.
  It records to WAV but on other format too. The best of this software is the ability to process sound on the fly. For example for tape recordings I use the following sequence of plugin:

Denoise (removes the hiss from tapes and analog audio sources)
Gain (It automatically amplifies to the correct gai value)
Band Pass filter (20 - 17900 Hz)

In the configuration I have choosen to remove AC line noise (50 or 60hz) and DC audio noise.

For digitalization I use the "Tip 'n' tail" mode. The software removes the silence at the start of the sound and the one at the end. It maintains the sound in the middle because the silence considered as the "end of the recording" is configurable.

You can also do use a straight recordings, auto spilt tracks recording mode, manual splitting and many more.

The link is http://www.unrelatedinventions.com/Audiotools/

I suggest you to read deeply the documentation to exploit all of its function and understand the working of its simple but sometimes confusing gui (it has skins)

Hecatombles