I have a friend who ripped all the music from the games that he played into mp3's. He left town and I don't have contact with him anymore, but I've been trying to figure out how he did it (In other words, what software he used to do so). Anyone here have any idea how to do this?
Posted by mr_porteiro_head (Member # 4644) on :
There is a free program called Audacity that can record any sound that your computer is playing.
Posted by Mr.Funny (Member # 4467) on :
Or you could try looking in the game directory on your computer (assuming you are talking about computer games). Often they will have a sound/music folder where you can just grab the music right there without any hassle at all.
Posted by James Tiberius Kirk (Member # 2832) on :
Often times, you can download them somewhere. Homeworld and CNC Generals are good examples.
--j_k
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Audacity is WONDERFUL, and not just for that. I used it a lot for the Reading Out Loud Club, and JenniK uses it to practice singing for her audition at Disney next month.
It is free, and here is a link to download it. Do a google search for it and you will find a lot of guides for different uses too.
Posted by ailurophobic (Member # 8343) on :
What kind of game is it? I know where to get some RPG music (and basic tutorials on ripping the songs), but otherwise..
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
Goldwave is a program that I've really liked as well. I actually hooked up my Playstation to my computer and made a soundtrack to Final Fantasy X-2 using that program, along with turning a great many records, tapes and streaming audio into CDs with it. It's not free, but it has an unrestricted demo that, unless you're using it professionally, will never run out. I've used it for many years quite regularly, and I've never come close to using up the demo period between hard-drive reformats. It has loads of incredibly useful features, and it's very easy to use.
I'll have to check out Audacity, but if it's better than Goldwave, I'll be shocked.
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Audacity is teh awesome.
Only thing: make sure you download LAME too, to be able to convert the .wav files to mp3 format when you're done.
Posted by Kwea (Member # 2199) on :
Yes, LAME is free as well, and that is how Audacity converts it's files to other, more universal formats like mp3 and .wav files.
Posted by Bekenn (Member # 6602) on :
And then you could also look around to see if the game's soundtrack is available to purchase, or to download from the official site. You might be surprised how often this is the case.
This is a pretty good source; they even have sheet music.
Posted by Speed (Member # 5162) on :
I ordered a couple things from gamemusic.com, before I realized that they cost about half as much if you buy them through ebay, or some similar source.