Please recommend: free recording software on Mac

[K9 Kai Niggemann]

Hm, what is there?

GarageBand?

Audacity?


can't really vouch for either, but for testing it wouldn't hurt to keep it recording overnight and see how it fares.


With just stereo it shouldn't be such a big issue, but please don't take my word for it, test it.

Kai






On 12.08.2010, at 09:27, Martin Naef wrote:

> Bar,
> 
> I want to record a classical concert in 10 days on site. I just need a 
> basic stereo recording at high quality. In the past, I had access to an 
> Edirol R4 recorder, but these days I'm out of anything truly portable, 
> and I don't want to invest into an audio interface for the PC laptop for 
> just this one gig.
> 
> So the current plan is to use my TC Goldchannel as Mic-Preamp and A/D 
> converter and feed its S/PDIF optical output to a recent Apple laptop 
> that has an optical digital input (I can borrow it from a friend for the 
> day). I think the hardware side should be sorted that way.
> 
> So what I need is a RELIABLE piece of software to record the digital 
> output in 48kHz/24bit. It needs to run straight for about 1.5h, or 
> probably two parts of 45 minutes each. All I need is a proper WAV or 
> AIFF file at the end that I can later edit on my tried and trusted 
> system. What software should I use that's painless to install, easy to 
> use (I won't have to time to actually learn the thing), keeps the 24 
> bits intact, doesn't choke on a long continuous recording session and is 
> free?
> 
> Martin
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