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Record Audio From Any Mac OS X Application

Posted by pudge on from the mmmm-audio dept.

MrFreak writes "Have you ever wanted to grab a sound from DVD Player or record a RealMedia stream to AIFF? It's previously been impossible to do this digitally, but the folks at Rogue Amoeba have released a piece of software called Audio Hijack that allows you to record audio from any OS X application. Additionally, it can apply live audio effects to any application, so you can add an equalizer to MAME or play Quake 3 with a live echo or flanger effect."

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  1. vsound accomplishes the same thing under Linux by displague · · Score: 5, Informative

    We already have this in Linux (*BSD, etc.). It allows you to rip RealAudio streams, et. al.

    ~/> dpkg -p vsound
    Package: vsound
    ...
    Description: Virtual loopback sound recorder and real audio converter
    This program allows you to record the output of any standard OSS
    program (one that uses /dev/dsp for sound) without having to modify or
    recompile the program. It uses sox to convert and save the raw data
    into the desired file format and can help to convert real audio files
    to some other non-proprietary format.

    The website for vsound is here.

    --
    Marques Johansson
  2. Phew! by grantsellis · · Score: 5, Funny

    The anti DRM capabilities seem to be its most lauded application. Fortunately, naming it "Audio Hijack" will calm the RIAA's fears. :)

  3. Wait a second... by PythonOrRuby · · Score: 5, Funny

    Weren't we just talking about how this kind of tweaking and hacking is supposed to be impossible with Mac OS X?