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Post by brianmichaels on May 4, 2013 7:11:17 GMT -5
My trusty old Vista laptop died last night, so I ordered a new Windows 8 laptop. I'm told that my beloved Applian Replay A/V software which works perfectly to record AT40 every week, won't work with W8. So ... what products do you use to record? I loved the scheduling feature of Replay, have not found that in any other easy to use software.
Thanks for any thoughts!
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Post by matt on May 4, 2013 8:32:20 GMT -5
You might try Audacity--I've used it for just about every show I've recorded and it works great for both recording and editing the shows. It also has a recording timer that's pretty user friendly. And the best part about it--it's free...
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Post by darnall42 on May 5, 2013 8:27:50 GMT -5
Audacity is ok for editing,but i prefer proper stream ripping software (i use streamwriter and rarmaradio) don't think there is anything good (and free) for windows 8 yet though  |
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Post by snarfdude on Jul 12, 2013 14:55:27 GMT -5
I wouldn't touch windows 8 if it was free, but you may have little option with a laptop compared to a custom built windows 7 desktop. That's why I always research potential compatibility issues before choosing a system.
Audacity is free, and is really the only great advantage. It's way to save files is non standard, compared to the standards of adobe audition and sound forge and almost every other wav/audio editor I have used in the last 15 years. It's not my first choice. and usually only as a last resort.
for any stream recording, I always use total recorder. smaller, minimal resource hog and the timer is great! I've yet to find anything comparable that's free, but certainly open to anything that is if you know about it.
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Post by SFGuy on Jul 13, 2013 21:36:34 GMT -5
I tried Audacity to edit and I couldn't get it to work. When the file tries to load, I can't get it work. It just hangs there and I have to stop the program.
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Post by rustydj on Jul 15, 2013 21:47:28 GMT -5
With Audacity, I think it depends on the size of the file. For vinyl conversion, it is fairly fast. But working on long form programming like AT 40 at 3 or 4 hours in length, it can "hang" for a long time. On my HP Pavilion dual-core desktop, it takes 5 to 10 minutes just to load or normalize a 3 hour long file. Of course, computer processor speed and amount of ram affects this greatly. To export an AT 40 Audacity file as an mp3 typically takes my computer 20 to 30 minutes. When I use my ancient laptop, it takes even longer! Yes, it is a resource hog. It is best not to try to do anything else while working in Audacity. It is the only editing software I have ever used, so I can't make comparisons. But the results can really be quite good! And the price (free!) is certainly right!
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Post by darnall42 on Jul 16, 2013 2:13:54 GMT -5
I usually record my at40s in hour long sections so don't really have any problems with audacity (i find it easier to chop out the commercials when i record in sections)
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Post by quatermass on Jul 16, 2013 11:22:23 GMT -5
You can still use replay A/V if you just record the stream and listen to it later. I had the same problem with windows seven until tech support helped me out. As far as I know it's the same way with windows 8. Hope this helps
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Post by tarobe on Jul 16, 2013 12:14:28 GMT -5
I use Roxio Sound Editor.
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Post by matt on Jul 16, 2013 17:21:28 GMT -5
With Audacity, I think it depends on the size of the file. For vinyl conversion, it is fairly fast. But working on long form programming like AT 40 at 3 or 4 hours in length, it can "hang" for a long time. On my HP Pavilion dual-core desktop, it takes 5 to 10 minutes just to load or normalize a 3 hour long file. Of course, computer processor speed and amount of ram affects this greatly. To export an AT 40 Audacity file as an mp3 typically takes my computer 20 to 30 minutes. When I use my ancient laptop, it takes even longer! Yes, it is a resource hog. It is best not to try to do anything else while working in Audacity. It is the only editing software I have ever used, so I can't make comparisons. But the results can really be quite good! And the price (free!) is certainly right! Yeah that's the one annoying thing about importing and exporting shows on Audacity--it takes several minutes for these 3-4 hour AT40 shows, especially if the format is mp3. |
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Post by SFGuy on Jul 16, 2013 17:41:15 GMT -5
So I should be more patient with Audacity (a lot it seems).
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Post by ludington on Jul 16, 2013 18:14:18 GMT -5
I use a free version of Adobe Audition. That's been working very well for me the past few years. Audacity was good, but it much slower saving files and I did have a few bugs where I ended up losing my entire recording a couple of times. With Adobe Audition I've had no problems what so ever on windows 7 or 8. It does take a little time getting used to.
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Post by lasvegaskid on Nov 27, 2022 20:03:31 GMT -5
I use Ramraradio which is awesome, if you have a streaming URL. Any suggestions if you don't? I've tried Audacity and Movavi and they record off of the speakers instead of the stream which is a lower quality recording. And you can't use the computer for anything else because any other sound is captured.
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