software to record sound/audio from pc ? [solved]

[vhelp]

i googled around but didn't find what i am looking for. i'm not looking for microphone recording. i want something that records what is currently outputing to my pc speaker via my soundcard.

i need something really small. like, click the audio_record.exe file and it will begin recording to .wav file using a default filename.wav or something like that. i seem to always need something like this in tight situation. but i'm not looking for suites or anything. nothing with loads of features. just click and save. or is this something i would have to develope myself.

thank you for any leads.

[aedipuss]

most audio editors have an option to record "what you hear". audacity maybe? it's not very big or complicated.

[Tom Saurus]

I remember years and years ago, that I did something similar. This was before the Pentium Chips. I had a bunch of real audio files. I would play the real audio files in a program on the computer and I had a little cable that has a 1/8 end that went from the sound out to sound in on the sound card. Then microsoft had a sound recorder built right into Windows that I would record a wave file with. If I recall correctly Nero had a free wave editor and I edited the file in that and exported it as a .wave file or converted it to .mp3. Back then that was pretty taxing on the computer. Actually I just search in my Windows 7 search bar located when you click on the start button; just type in "sound recorder" without the quotation marks. That seems so long ago now. I didn't have a program to convert the real audio files back then, and it took time but it did work. This was a time when hard drives were 2 gb max and the space available on a CD seemed like a whole lot. I think it was a Windows 95 computer.

You can find Sound Recorder in Windows XP by going to the Start Menu. The find Accessories, then click on Entertainment and then click on Sound Recorder. It is a simple program, but back in the day, it help me record many real audio files.

[vhelp]

[solved]

wow, sound recorder. how could i've forgotten that! i just tried it and it worked. its as small and simple as i needed.

i wish i found it before i started digging through delphi source code. i found a few snipets and tested..they work also. a few modifications to suite my personal needs and that should do it, otherwise, there is windows sound recorder. thank you guys!

[Tom Saurus]

vhelp: Your welcome. I remember there were little tricks to make Microsoft Sound Recorder to record to certain lengths; like saving presets. I am sure the information is available somewhere on the internet to get the most out of that program. My memory is pretty fuzzy on it now. I felt rather nostalgic thinking back to that Windows 95 computer.

[vhelp]

i decided to add an needed auto-increment to the default filename, au01, au02, ... also, i have it set to the highest quality, PCM/48kHz/16bit, the finished audio can be played in vlc, even sound recorder plays it when dragged. i snipped the code in one of the demo's from the component found on torry's website. anyway. i plan to make it so that all one has to do is double-click the app, and it starts recording at index 1. press record button again and it stops, saves, and records at index 2, and so on. just another utility under my built