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27 November 2005

Ask MeCha: Is there free software for recording with my built-in microphone in OS X? →[More:]I want to record some songs live and dirty using the built-in microphone on my Mac to send to a friend overseas, but I can't find a built-in utility in OS X (Tiger) that does this. I have found lots of excellent but limited shareware and I don't have a credit card. Am I missing something obvious or is there a freeware utility that will allow me to record AIFF, WAV or MOV to my hard disk that I can then convert to MP3?

post by: Cryptical Envelopment at: 19:51 | 7 comments

My Quicktime Player has a 'New Audio Recording' item under the File menu, but I'm not sure if it's a Pro-only thing. If it is, you can record with Audion, which is now free (and has a bunch of other useful features).

posted by Armitage Shanks 27 November | 20:12

Audacity should be able to.

posted by flopsy 27 November | 20:20

Thanks Armitage Shanks! It is a QT-Pro only thing. I had not investigated QT-Pro enough. I got it by default and there it is! Now to test. Thanks so much!

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 27 November | 20:21

I'm pretty certain that Garageband can do this as well.

posted by YouCanCallMeAl 27 November | 21:52

I have to get GarageBand. It looks pretty cool and has for a while. Thanks Al.

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 27 November | 21:56

Late Century is the result. Now I have mic-fright in front of my computer. Thank you Armitage Shanks. :-D

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 28 November | 23:05

For shits and giggles:

Goodbye (3.4MB MP3)

Fumble (3.5MB MP3)

posted by Cryptical Envelopment 28 November | 23:22

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