So basically it does the same thing as Jaksta but with 1/10th the capability and at the same price.
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Capture Any Audio on a Mac With Audio Hijack 3
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Hm?
I have to say I'm not a fan of overly light interfaces (e.g. iOS 7/8's 'Music' app, for example. Too blinding. Spotify's dark interface is a lot better.) myself.
This is the sort of fundamental thing that should be just built into the OS. Apple is too scared of pressure that they're destroying creativity.
Same here. I've been using this app since the first version, and didn't hesitate at all to upgrade to the second version.
But I find it impossible to read gray text on a black background. If it can't be switched off, I won't be upgrading.
The good thing, though, is Rogue Amoeba does seem to pay attention to its customers, and so I'm hoping they will hear from enough of us who want a "brighter" option and will give us a choice.
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Yes, there is. "Recording audio" and "stealing music" are two completely different things, and this software is not built for the latter.
Audio Hijack is to stealing music as Microsoft Word is to stealing novels.
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It's not just for stealing music.
I'm a musician. When I do live looping gigs I use it as a "live direct to two track recorder" at 24-bit resolution. It works well for this and I don't have to bring up a giant DAW app to do it which is more of a studio application. This is quick and dirty and easy to get going.
It's also handy to record podcasts that only stream or similar things for archival/reference use.
It's not just for stealing music.
I'm a musician. When I do live looping gigs I use it as a "live direct to two track recorder" at 24-bit resolution. It works well for this and I don't have to bring up a giant DAW app to do it which is more of a studio application. This is quick and dirty and easy to get going.
It's also handy to record podcasts that only stream or similar things for archival/reference use.
Adobe Creative Suite apps have a great approach to this: a slider that goes from "dark" to "light" for the UI. Everybody wins!
Thanks. I am looking to capture, boring presentations made in power point with equally monotonous voice. I need to refer to them once in a while, also I can play record and quickly browse through the parts of a two hour meeting in 15 minutes or less (only the parts which are important to me).
Wonderful way of putting it. I originally downloaded it to record some podcasts that only seemed to be on websites. It was great for while I was flying or even driving and didn't have an internet connection on my old iPhone. I'm not saying it was legal or anything, I actually don't know, but this is how I've used a similar app. The interface on this one is wonderful looking.
I actually use Screenflow to do exactly that at my job -- I record webinars with audio and slides from my screen. Works perfectly, but is also on the pricy side.
It *might* be overkill for personal use, but it's really quite an awesome program. Once you've got the screen recorded, you can zoom in, add emphasis effects, mess around with the audio. I've also used it to record some very involved product demos as well.
Great program...
I used to use this all the time to grab radio shows (on-line) and other segments to get them onto my iPod. I pretty much had my own news radio channel in the car, I'd grab StarDate and some other 1 (or 2) minute tech and science shows and it was great. You could set times to to grab shows or web streams for certain dates and times, it was handy.
Many of those types of shows are now available in apps or podcasts so I haven't had the same need.
Gary
I used to use this all the time to grab radio shows (on-line) and other segments to get them onto my iPod. I pretty much had my own news radio channel in the car, I'd grab StarDate and some other 1 (or 2) minute tech and science shows and it was great. You could set times to to grab shows or web streams for certain dates and times, it was handy.
Many of those types of shows are now available in apps or podcasts so I haven't had the same need.
Gary
I love the idea of the new audio capture interface included. Cool pipeline style - as far as I know anything about it, sounds quite all right. the Layout is really customazable when they say it. Sound really cool.
AFAIK there are local laws that prohibit, for example, the recording of inbound phone calls (as opposed to outbound recording, where one is typically obliged to inform the recipient of said activity).
I imagine Apple could get in hot water if they provided this option carte blanche.