Import the song file into your iTunes library.Poor audio quality is one of the most frustrating things you can subject your learners to.

Click Options if you want to adjust the MP3 settings.

In the Save As window, type in the song title as the filename.

Type in the song information (title, year, genre, artist). Click OK.

When the song is over, click the stop button (yellow square button) in Audacity.

Click the record button in Audacity (red circle button) and start recording the song from the YouTube music video.

Go to YouTube and type in the name of the song you want.Finally, the moment you’ve been waiting for….You may need to quit and re-open Audacity for the MP3 library to work. Click Browse, then click Open to load it. The location should be “/usr/local/lib/audacity/libmp3lame.dylib”.Click the Locate button next to MP3 Library.In Audacity Preferences, go to the Libraries section.Leave “Built-in Output” as the Playback device.In the Devices section, set Soundflower (2ch) as the Recording Device and 2 (Stereo) as the Recording Channels.Open up Audacity, and go to Preferences.In both the Output and Input sections, select Soundflower (2ch).Open up the Sound preference pane in System Preferences.Make sure under Soundflower (2ch) “Built-in Output” is selected.Click the Soundflower icon in the menubar.Open up Soundflower in /Applications/Soundflower/Soundflowerbed.

Download Audacity, Soundflower (special audio plugin, free), and LAME MP3 Encoder (exports MP3).Due to the fact many of you reading this tutorial either did not win the mission on MacHeist (two years ago) or you don’t want to spend $69 on WireTap Pro, I’m going to show you how to record (streaming) audio for free, with Audacity. I believe it’s important to make money as a software developer, but that’s just insane. Unfortunately, Ambrosia Software feels that it’s necessary to make WireTap Pro ridiculously expensive ($69).

At first, I had no reason to use this application, then I discovered its amazing capabilities for recording line-in audio (e.g. A while ago, MacHeist hosted a mission which included some handy applications, such as WireTap Pro. Have you ever not found a song you wanted on iTunes? Annoying, right? For me, I typically find my music on SadSteve or YouTube (yes - YouTube).

Audacity record from youtube