Free recording program for Macs...

Whistle
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I have found a free recording program for Macs. SoundRecorder 1.0 is an easy way to record onto your computer. And one of the best ways to improve on an instrument is to hear a recording of yourself. So click below to download the FREE program. And iTunes will turn your recording into an MP3 file, which doesn’t take up much space at all. And it is compatible with Tony’s setup over at Clips and Snips.

http://download.cnet.com/downloads/0-10216-100-900451.html

JP

P.S. My dad, who plays a kind of an old honky tonk style, by ear, and would never play for a tape recorder was silently recorded by my computer while he played. Now we can hear Dad long after he’s gone.

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Thanks for the tip. What kind of a mic do you use? Just the built-in one (toward the top of my iMac)?

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Thanks for the link. What impresses me most is that there are at least 2 other mac using whistlers here. I wonder if whistlers are more likely to “think different” than non-whistlers? :wink:

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Mac is where it’s at!!!

Although I have a pretty elaborate mobile recording setup: http://www.mhlabs.com/index2.html using the Metric Halo I/O unit along with Digital Performer, I simplifiy if I’m just recording stereo… I use the following program for recording: http://www.felttip.com/products/soundstudio/
I have the new ibook 600mhz with 14" screen and use this: http://www.griffintechnology.com/audio/imic_main.html
to get sound in with this microphone: http://www.audio-technica.com/prodpro/profiles/AT822.html

Hope this helps… My mac is so tasty I could just bite it…

:slight_smile:

Oh, if you don’t have an external drive (like myself…) or if you sometimes don’t want to use one for the sake of simplicity… make sure to partition part of your drive for recording so that you don’t defragment your system files! VERY IMPORTANT…




[ This Message was edited by: McChastain on 2002-03-16 15:31 ]

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Another mac-using whistler here. I actually paid for recording software to transfer my old records to disc. (Roxio Toast Titanium)

I’m actually digitizing two old Toots and the Maytals records this afternoon.

Haven’t had the guts to record my whistling yet. I’ve made great progress lately, so hope to subject the community to it in the next month or so.

Charlie

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Hey Bloomfield,

I only have used the built-in mic. I do have another to try plugging into the side, but have been too lazy to try it. So far, my Overton Low C does not record very well with the built-in. It could be the recording program, I don’t know. JP

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With the help of Tony Higgins and others, I set up a mic with a preamp to my PC and got Goldwave and now can do great recordings to help my play. My daughter has a MAC and we’ve been talking about getting a recording program for her. Thanks a lot for the tip. Philo

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On 2002-03-16 17:23, JohnPalmer wrote:
. . .So far, my Overton Low C does not record very well with the built-in. It could be the recording program, I don’t know. JP

Now this has GOT to be an elite group – Mac users who play Low-C’s. (Mine’s a Burke, though.)

I think the computer mics are not really designed to pick up the low frequencies, (below about 300 Hz?). The fundamental of the low-C is something like 260, but the mic probably has rolloff beginning somewhat above that.

Charlie