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Originally Posted by Sentry
But is it really necessary to record with the same software that you're using for play-through? Would it be possible to use Kristal for play-through and effects and be recording in real time with a different app? I have a program called "Wire Tap Pro" (no longer available, per se, the company that made it added features, upped the price slightly, and re-named it Wiretap Studio) that can record any audio that is playing through the speakers in real time, regardless of the source. It doesn't extract audio from the source but instead simply makes a recording directly of whatever sound is coming through the speakers. No hiss or background noise like you would get if you attached a mic and placed it near the speakers. Only downside is that if you check your email or something while recording and get a new email, your "new mail notification beep" will also be in the recording. |
Yes, you could do that if you are only recording one track, but doing it all in one program is much easier to setup and more convenient. Plus by doing it all in one program you are using less computer resources (RAM) because you only have one application open instead of two. Wiretap probably doesn't take up much resources, but still it would be slightly less to do it in one program.
However, if you want to record more than one track (such as record lead guitar over a backing track), then you'd have to do it all in one program. If you were to use Wiretap then your new recorded track would contain "both" your lead guitar and the backing track since everything going through your sound card gets recoded. Recording it in one program keeps each track separate from the others so you can listen to the backing track and record your guitar onto a new track without recording the backing track along with it.
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Anyway, anything like that for Windows or would you just attach a splitter to the speaker jack and route one to the audio line in with a cable with two male ends and record with Audacity?
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Yes, you can actually do this with any recording program. In the Windows sound mixer there is an option called "stereo mix", "record what you hear", or something along these lines depending on your sound card. Then when you record in a recording program everything that is going through your sound card will be recorded. So you could use Audacity or any other program to do the recording.
-tkr