[Tutorial] Recording audio off of YouTube

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:19 pm

A mate of mine was stuck at his Mum's house for a few days and wanted to collect some samples without having to install any new software on her laptop.

I wrote him this little guide on how to do it, using standard software that comes bundled.

Recording Audio Off YouTube

- Right click on the volume button in the bottom right of the screen to display your master volume control and select 'Properties'

- Select 'Recording', then check the box that says 'Stereo Mix'

- Click ok

- Now open up your recording package. For the purposes of this, I'm using Sound Recorder as it comes with Windows

- Press record on Sound Recorder, then start your YouTube video off. Recording off YouTube sound should now take place.

- When you've finished, hit stop on the Sound Recorder and save as

- You can save the audio file in with different setting using the 'Change' button

Notes

- Sound recorder only does a maximum of 60s; anything longer, you'll have to use something else. I recommend Audacity as it's free

- Check your soundcard settings before doing this, seperate volume control panel might be needed to record at a decent level.

mae · Post by **mae** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:26 pm

or just go here - http://vixy.net/ and select audio only

wub · Post by **wub** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 1:30 pm

mae wrote:or just go here - http://vixy.net/ and select audio only

Genius, didn't know about that

djelements · Post by **djelements** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 4:26 pm

owned.

pupstar · Post by **pupstar** » Thu Mar 06, 2008 6:15 pm

your a ginius. i was finking how would i do that yesterday!!!!
noice1

psychonaught · Post by **psychonaught** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:43 pm

noice work!

roytr0n · Post by **roytr0n** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:51 pm

...or you could just download the video using Tooble (free, mac only) and then use quicktime pro to export the audio to a WAVE file.

Use Audacity to slice the sample, and boom.

FSTZ · Post by **FSTZ** » Fri Mar 07, 2008 8:52 pm

wub is teh man

I usually just play the sound on one comp and then record on the other, but now I can do this on my lappie away from the studio

kick ass

tom b. · Post by **tom b.** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 7:31 pm

this look good ... will try it over the w'end

http://vixy.net/

reyes · Post by **reyes** » Fri Jul 25, 2008 8:14 pm

If your using firefox download something called downloadhelper,

http://i29.tinypic.com/rw43r5.png

can download just about anything even the beats on myspace artists have disabled for download.

jewel · Post by **jewel** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 2:38 am

mae wrote:or just go here - http://vixy.net/ and select audio only

bup bup bup!!!

spencertron · Post by **spencertron** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 9:22 am

If you're on a mac you can use Soundflower from cycling 74 to record any audio... http://www.cycling74.com/products/soundflower

or simply plug your headphone into your line-in and hit record on your DAW

[Tutorial] Recording audio off of YouTube

[Tutorial] Recording audio off of YouTube

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