Recording audio from my stereo to my PowerBook

danmacman

Okay, just got my new iPod, and here's what I want to do. I want to be able to record talk radio shows, like NPR's morning edition, Rush and Hannity, etc... on my stereo to cassette tape. Then using the headphone out port, connect using Radio Shack's stereo audio cable to my PowerBook's audio in jack. I then want to record the audio using some kind of software interface to mp3 or aac in order to listen to the program on my iPod at a later time. Possible?

reg

Yes you can. For freeware try Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ .

For shareware or commercial apps the best place to check is versiontracker http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/cat/audio .



reg

danmacman

Quote:

Originally posted by reg

Yes you can. For freeware try Audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ .

For shareware or commercial apps the best place to check is versiontracker http://www.versiontracker.com/macosx/cat/audio .



reg

Thanks for the heads up. I actually just stumbled upon Audacity before checking for replies here. Go ahead and lock this thread up mods.

neutrino23

I do this with AudioCorder. It has a nice scheduler so that I can connect the computer directly to the radio and record the desired program. This is nicer than tape for several reasons. I don't worry about the length of the recording as the hard drive has enough space to record for hours and hours. I can also adjust the recording rate depending on what I record. Recording at mono, 22kHz takes less file space than stereo, 44kHz. Finally, when finished recording I can drop this into iTunes and change it to an AAC or MP3.