Note to myself

This is a note to myself on how to record any streaming audio, or any music that I play on my PC by sampling the audio through software.

1. Install from my Creative Soundblaster CD the software tools.
2. Once installed I will be looking to play some streaming audio for instance, through Realplayer.
3. Open up the program called AV Rack
4. Go to the button "Select Input Source"
5. Tick the "Stereo Mix" button, move the volume slider to about a third of the way up and close the window
6. Play the streaming (or otherwise) audio. Ensure the volume slider on Realplayer is slid at least half way up.

Try the following steps using only a small sample of the audio until I am satisfied that the volume is exactly right. If not the audio will be too quiet to hear, or distorted.

7. Select the "Save the recorded data to disc" button and save the audio wav, e.g. "Test1"
8. Open up the Creative "Wave Studio"
9. Open the wav file
10. The file is now ready to edit, e.g. to select a sample for converting to mobile phone tune.
11. When ready, or if no cutting is to be done, select the "Save As" option.
12. To save as MP3, drop down the menu marked "Compression" and select "MPEG-layer3".
13. Hey presto, one MP3, converted from streaming audio.
14. Listen to it to make sure the volume setting is ok, otherwise you'll listen to it on your MP£ player, not be happy with the sound, and have to do it over again.


!SR