Windows (2000): piping sound to a file?

[cellio]

My google-fu is not good enough, it appears. Or rather, my vocabulary for this problem space isn't good enough to generate useful search terms.

Suppose I have some random application that generates sound -- that is, signal to my speakers -- but does not directly support any "save as" options for capturing that sound to disk. Is there any way, either built into Windows or done via freeware/cheapware, to capture that audio and write it to disk in some broadly-understood audio format, so that someone else can get the sound without running the original application?

Trope Trainer has a "play this torah portion" function, and one of my readers has asked for a recording of his portion. I'm looking for improvements on "hold a tape recorder up to the speaker", especially as I don't own a standard tape recorder. (I have one that uses micro-cassettes, but since the other person doesn't, that doesn't help.)

I'd welcome any hints y'all feel inclined to throw my way. Thanks.

Comments

[laurabee.livejournal.com]

You might be able to run a cable from audio out to the audio in on the same sound card. I'm not sure it would play nicely with itself, but it might work. Worst case, you can borrow someone else's laptop or computer and send the sounds to the other machine and record there.

I would assume there's something you're after, but my google-fu is lousy as well.

[ironangel]

hmm. alternatively, you could run a cable from audio out to a tape deck (if you have one) or a CDR?

[cellio]

That's a good point; I can reduce this to the problem of recording arbitrary audio in. (I've never used a PC to burn music from, say, LPs, but I know such exists.) And we have more computers than people in the house, so sending to another machine isn't a problem. :-)

[cahwyguy.livejournal.com]

You can record the audio in with the tools in the Roxio suite (that's what I do).