Please recommend: free recording software on Mac

[Martin Naef]

Kai,

At the moment, I assume there's no audio software installed on the Mac 
(other than what comes with the OS). Audacity sounds like a good idea, I 
looked into that some time ago. When I looked at Garageband about two 
years ago, I never felt comfortable, though I did manage to get a 
digital recording from a mini-disc into the laptop. I think I never 
managed to get beyond 16bit, but quality didn't matter so much, so I 
didn't bother.

Thanks!

Martin

On 12.08.2010 10:20, K9 Kai Niggemann wrote:
> Hm, what is there?
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> GarageBand?
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> Audacity?
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> can't really vouch for either, but for testing it wouldn't hurt to keep it recording overnight and see how it fares.
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> With just stereo it shouldn't be such a big issue, but please don't take my word for it, test it.
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> Kai
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> On 12.08.2010, at 09:27, Martin Naef wrote:
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>> 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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