Recording sound files from the microphone?

brutfood

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How do I record sound files in MacOS X ? (From the microphone to create aiff or wav files?)

I can find any utilities to do this. Is there any free third-party utility I can download? The ability to edit the start and end of a file would be good too (to remove pauses).

I did notice that iMovie could record from the Microphone, but I couldn't work out how to export these as sound files.
 
Lots of free stuff floating about.

Audacity (versiontracker.com)
Final Vinyl (griffintechnology.com)

They'll save as AIFF by default (one or two other options)
 
Any audio utility for Mac OS X should have no problem using the built-in mic to record audio, because they should all be operating via the Core Audio layer.

If you want to use something other than the built-in mic, for instance, an external line or external mic, you'll probably want to look into a cheap USB audio interface. These generally come with their own recording software (Pro Tools LE, Cubase LE, etc.).

Here are some examples from my favorite American online music equipment retailer:

http://www.zzounds.com/cat--USB-Audio-Interfaces--2424
 
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