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Termyn8or -> RE: Requested songs are required to be delayed 60 minutes by the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (12/8/2010 1:07:40 PM)
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"If there is a way to record from here- other then putting a mid near the computer"
I assume you mean a mic. Yes there is but you need a full duplex soundcard and a couple of cables. Put a Y adapter on the output, disable any equalizers on the PC and run a sound recorder simultaneously as you listen.
I've tried stealing it from the cache but the stream deletes itself. Never got a file out of it.
In short you need a fast PC and a really good soundcard. This is the kind you would need to do overdubbing, the $19 special is not likely to work.
I am still looking for a soundcard that can actually record more than two channels at once. I am not talking about Dolby surround, that is all encoded into the two real discrete channels. I mean more than two more actual channels at least, so it can be post mixed. There are digital recorders that do it, they run on a harddrive. Obviously the technology exists, but every time I go looking my wallet cries.
We looked into it when a few of us got together to try to make some music. Five mikes for the drums into a six channel mixer, two more mikes going through the main mixer. Two guitars, a stereo digital piano and a bass added up quite quickly. I mean you better have a black gold credit card. The recorder we looked at only did four discrete channels though, so true post mixing would be limited to overdubbing. That means real time or another generation in the path. This was nowhere near what the pros use.
I'd say a soundcard around $75 would do what you want. Setting the thing up just right is important too. First you have to buy the right stuff, then you have to set it up after installing the drivers.
By the time you do all that you might be better of going to a high end second hand audio dealer and getting a good cassette deck. You can then just ripo the tape back to the harddrive afterwards. It depends on the qualit you want. A really good cassette deck will cost, they not only stopped depreciating, they have appreciated in value. With that though you could use the same tape over and over, with a stand alone CD recorder you might not. If it's voice, you don't need a Nakamichi Dragon, a lower quality unit would suffice.
If you want anything like digital quality music, get one with Dolby HX and probably Dolby C as well. On metal tape they come close enough for most people. Of course I am not most people when it comes to that. Over the years I've spent alot of money on audio equipment because the sound quality is and always has been important to me.
One thing I like about the digital age is that they remastered alot. I have been pleasantly surprised more than once by the quality of music recorded nearly fifty years ago.
T
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