im back at the base after an invigorating trip to see fig. looking through photos. getting appointments and paper work done. .. and oh.. um .. i haz a cafe maker .. yay.
Macs have no ability to record streaming as it plays on the built-in sound device. It is possible to record streaming audio from the built-in microphone, but this a very lossy method that also picks up all ambient noise.
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If your machine has a line-in, you may be able to record audio from the computer into [your desired application] by joining the line-out and line-in ports on the computer with an audio cable, and setting the default input in Apple Audio MIDI Setup to line-in. To hear the sound while recording, use a single to double stereo connector to give you a jack for the speakers or headphones. This has two disadvantages: system sounds and unwanted sounds from other programs are captured in the recording, and minor degradation is likely because the digital original is converted to analogue by being played on the sound device. There is no conversion to analogue with the remaining alternatives below.
On OS X 10.4 or later, use Audio Hijack or Wiretap to capture the audio to AIFF files directly from the player application. Turn off compression in Wiretap Preferences if you want to import the recorded AIFF files into [your desired application].
On OS X 10.2 or later, use the free open source Soundflower system extension. Soundflower behaves like an additional system audio device, so for example to record streaming audio into [your desired application] you would select Soundflower as the output device in the application in which you are playing sound, and Soundflower as the input device on the Audio I/O tab of the recording application preferences. If the application playing the sound does not allow you to specify its output device, you can make Soundflower the default output device in Apple Audio-MIDI Setup.
