Record online radio on macbook air

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bambam123
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Record online radio on macbook air

Post by bambam123 » Tue Dec 29, 2015 10:26 pm

Hi Im new to this forum, but could someone kindly help me to see if i have the correct settings on my macbook air to record online radio. I just can't seem to get a signal coming in without picking up my surroundings.

Thanks in Advance
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kozikowski
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Re: settings for macbook air

Post by kozikowski » Tue Dec 29, 2015 10:59 pm

picking up my surroundings.
You are recording your built-in microphone. Macs have no natural ability to record themselves. I use the SoundFlower software program to "turn around" the speaker sound and make it available for recording. This can mess up live listening, so using it is a bit of a juggling act.

I think there's another way to do it as well.

http://manual.audacityteam.org/o/man/tu ... n_mac.html

Koz
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cyrano
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Re: settings for macbook air

Post by cyrano » Tue Dec 29, 2015 11:28 pm

The easiest way probably is Audio Hijack Pro (49$):

http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/

The free version can record up to ten minutes.

Jack OSX (free) can do it to, but is more complex to set up than Soundflower.

http://www.jackosx.com/
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Re: settings for macbook air

Post by bambam123 » Wed Dec 30, 2015 8:42 pm

Thanks very Much all i'll give some of these a try, it's so frustrating :evil:
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Gale Andrews
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Re: Record online radio on macbook air

Post by Gale Andrews » Thu Dec 31, 2015 10:31 am

There should be no need to spend money. Soundflower works, even though it is not especially convenient. Recording Computer Playback on Mac OS X.

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Re: Record online radio on macbook air

Post by westrock2000 » Fri Jan 01, 2016 5:44 pm

Also using Soundflower on El Capitan. Select Sound Flower 2ch, not 64ch, if you decide to install it.
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