Recording sounds

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Feb 27 2006, 9:19 am
This is a complicated simple question;
How do you record a sound of something that is running on your computer? Ex; a game, musicfile, rom,...
How do you record a sound of it, and then convert it to .mid(i) ? :|
I've tryed of bending my mic and using Teamspeak/Ventrilo to record, but that didn't work out very well o.o
Feb 27 2006, 11:40 am
Download a program such as Audacity or NCH Wavepad, and use their record feature. Make sure you set it to record from "stereo mix" (or mono mix, depending on what you're recording).

However, you can not save it as an midi, because that's not how midis work.
Feb 27 2006, 3:57 pm
If you have windows you don't need to download any extra programs, you can just use the standard windows recorder and go into the sound panel/menu to change the recording sounds of everything to the minimum and put the sterio mix (or mono, been a while since i've done it) up to the max and then you're away laughing.
Feb 27 2006, 7:31 pm
In response to Wanabe
On Creative cards (like my SoundBlaster Live! Value), it's sometimes called "What U Hear". If you have one of those cards, just change the recording source to that (Audacity lets you do this quite easily - I'm not sure how to change it system-wide) and it should work fine.
Feb 27 2006, 11:22 pm
In response to Crispy
Okay, and is there ANY means of converting those sounds to whatever type BYOND supports?
Feb 28 2006, 12:54 am
In response to Mysame
Of course!

In Audacity, when you've recorded your sound just go File->Export to OGG. Then select a filename and save in the usual Windows manner. That's it.
Feb 28 2006, 1:05 am
In response to Crispy
Wait, BYOND supports OGG?
Feb 28 2006, 2:40 am
In response to Mysame
It does now. As quoted in the announcements back in June...

BYOND can now play sounds and songs in the following formats:

* Wave
* Ogg Vorbis
* MIDI
* MOD
* S3M
* OXM
* XM
* IT
* Raw
Feb 28 2006, 5:12 pm
In response to Sarm
Yeah, provided you're using the beta version of course...

Audacity can also export to WAV if you want to support old BYOND clients, or for short audio files (like sound effects).
Feb 28 2006, 6:22 pm
Total Recorder - Google it.
Mar 1 2006, 3:06 pm
Are there any programs out there that record what is coming through the speakers?
Mar 2 2006, 1:38 am
In response to EGUY
Uh, yes. Read the thread, that's exactly what it's about. =)

I know Audacity can, or you could check out the Total Recorder program that Worldweaver mentioned. I haven't used Total Recorder before, but I have used Audacity and I know it works.
Mar 2 2006, 3:35 pm
In response to Crispy
How can Audacity do it? I've poked around the different options but didn't find anything interesting.
Mar 2 2006, 3:41 pm
In response to EGUY
In the version of Audacity I have (1.2.3), there's a drop-down box next to the microphone volume at the top-right of the screen. By default it's set to "Microphone", but I can pull it down and change it to "What U Hear", which will cause Audacity to record whatever's coming out of the speakers.

"What U Hear" is only available on certain Creative sound cards, though; there should be a "Stereo Mix" or similar menu item if you have a different card.