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<blockquote data-quote="caribiner23" data-source="post: 361598" data-attributes="member: 9169"><p>Okay, that cleared it up. My confusion came from your use of the phrase "sound card."</p><p></p><p>Audacity records from an audio input-- e.g. a microphone, or an adapter such as an iMic. It <em>does not</em> capture the audio that's played through the Mac's sound system, such as a QuickTime movie or iTunes. If you want to transfer material from a turntable, tape deck, Minidisk player, etc., my suggestion is to connect these devices directly to your Mac's audio input (or through a device like an iMic) and use Audacity or Amadeus II to make the recordings.</p><p></p><p>Applications like WireTapPro and Audio Hijack will capture the audio that's played through QuickTime, iTunes, web sites, etc. If you want to record what's playing through your Mac's internal sound system, these are the apps that will do it. This is a very different requirement from making MP3s from a MiniDisk.</p><p></p><p>It should be noted that the audio-capture applications (described in the previous paragraph) generally produce recordings with lower quality than if you connect a tape deck or other source directly to your Mac and use Audacity or similar apps.</p><p></p><p>Hope this clears this up.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="caribiner23, post: 361598, member: 9169"] Okay, that cleared it up. My confusion came from your use of the phrase "sound card." Audacity records from an audio input-- e.g. a microphone, or an adapter such as an iMic. It [I]does not[/I] capture the audio that's played through the Mac's sound system, such as a QuickTime movie or iTunes. If you want to transfer material from a turntable, tape deck, Minidisk player, etc., my suggestion is to connect these devices directly to your Mac's audio input (or through a device like an iMic) and use Audacity or Amadeus II to make the recordings. Applications like WireTapPro and Audio Hijack will capture the audio that's played through QuickTime, iTunes, web sites, etc. If you want to record what's playing through your Mac's internal sound system, these are the apps that will do it. This is a very different requirement from making MP3s from a MiniDisk. It should be noted that the audio-capture applications (described in the previous paragraph) generally produce recordings with lower quality than if you connect a tape deck or other source directly to your Mac and use Audacity or similar apps. Hope this clears this up. [/QUOTE]
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