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Reliable Recording solutions?

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Shredder

Anyone know of an alternative to internet radio recording? Sometimes the stations stream, or the program itself doesn't want to work, despite being on multiple computers, so I was wondering what dedicated radio solutions and antenna's people use to record their favorite shows?

Looking for suggestions..thanks!
 
If you're lucky enough to find an old copy of the program now known as Audition, go for it!
 
I have a Creative Zen mp3 player with built-in FM tuner. The mp3 player has recording capabilities for recording radio to mp3. You can then connect the mp3 player to your computer via USB and transfer the files as you wish. There is also a "line-in" jack that can be used for recording external sources. I don't do much recording, but I have tried it several times and it works great. The particular model I have I don't believe is sold anymore but you can probably find something similar.
 
DToTheJ said:
If you're lucky enough to find an old copy of the program now known as Audition, go for it!
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Otherwise known as Cool Edit Pro... man that software was awesome, and then Adobe had to snatch it up...
 
If all you want to do is record a stream, the ASK Toolbar is an easy to use free utility. http://www.applian.com/asktoolbar/download.php

It records anything played through your sound card and names the files by date stamp. You can set preferences for bit rate, target folder, etc. When not in use, just right click and hide.
 
I had Cool Edit and was bummed when adobe bought it, as I knew it would be wrought with problems of a program owned by a mega corp.
I do have a creative Zen, and mine does have a radio tuner, but I'm not sure if I can hook it up to the PC, have it always be on, yet not have the station play constantly over my speakers. Plus, you need headphones in the output jack in order to work as an antenna....so you can't have a line out at the same time.

The Problem with a Tuner card like ATI's TV theater, is that reception is tough. I don't know if it's just the area I'm in, or if it's a by product of a Tuner being on a PC. When you tune the same station in on a car, it's fine, but on the PC, it can be a bit frustrating..

I do have two programs that record direct from the stream. Replay AV, and Radio Time. Radio Time used to always work flawless. But in the last year or so, it's really sketchy...either the station changes it's broadcast setup, or something on the Radio Time side got worse. Replay AV works perfectly every time, except when the stream on the site goes down. hope that addresses everything..so more suggestions appreciated :)
 
I know. We are a breed of cheapskates.

We had a good thing going when it was Cool Edit and you could use the FREE VERSION and for just a few dollars get a license so the whole program worked at the same time.

Yes, when Adobe bought the product, they took the price higher than many of us are comfortable with for personal use but good programs do tend to be expensive.

I still have Cool Edit on my machine along with Adobe Audition. The only thing "that corporate screwed up" was pricing. Once in awhile I fire up Cool Edit and look for macros or automation or favorites I may have built and never ported them over to Audition. I'm sorry, but comparing Cool Edit and Audition is like comparing a Radio Flyer little red wagon to a Honda Civic. (Maybe Cool Edit PRO was a better product that Cool Edit. I don't know.)

All of that said: Adobe Audition would be overkill and the wrong tool for what the original poster wants to do.
 
The downside of Cool Edit is that it was not tailored to function on any operating systems post-XP. (That's why I will try and stick with my XP unit for as long as possible. ;) )
 
DToTheJ said:
The downside of Cool Edit is that it was not tailored to function on any operating systems post-XP. (That's why I will try and stick with my XP unit for as long as possible. ;) )
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Really? I run Cool Edit Pro 1.2a and Cool Edit 2000 on Win7 without any difficulty. Didn't need to use any compatibility mode, either.
 
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