Software.

[Pedestrian]

For capturing streamed audio - it needs to cost err... nothing, any recomendations?

[FourWheelDrift]

Won't Windows Sound Recorder do it?

[Pedestrian]

It's a real audio link to a site that plays a tune - I have media player 10 and can save all kinds of porn - but real has no save as function - I only want it for me, and I am the keyboard player after all!!! Just want to set Real off having clicked record on something, then save as... err MP3?

Scruff.

[Hardcore2000]

just set your audio control panel to 'what you hear' in the record section and use any wav sound recording software to record it and then convert to mp3 using any one of thousands of free bits of software on the web

[scruffy]

The link I have launches Real player. It plays a streamed tune which I can fast forward, rewind, stop and start from anywhere... I want it offline. I want it, I want it, I want it.
Any more suggestions?

[scruffy]

Any road, that little windows app does do it.
I was just to stupid/lazy to work it out before...
You go into its (sound recorder) record properties via the edit tab, audio properties, then in sound recording go to volume, then in recording control, click options and in properties enable 'stereo mix' as the source where you get choices like aux, mic and stuff - by default you get the sound card inputs mic etc... click the 'select' check box back in the recording control... your in...
You then realise that you only have 60 seconds record time...
So you make a 60 second recording of nothing, save the file as blank.wav,
and then use the edit tab to import that file - hey presto, an extra 60 seconds record.
Repeat this untill you fink you have enough seconds and then save that file.
Make your recording, adjusting the volumes with the appropriate windows app.
Save the file as MyNewOne.wav etc...
You can also start the app with this new big default time by doing something else in windows, but I'm far too bored now...

I could have done it on my Avid/Protools/AudioFile - but was too stubborn to let Mr Gates have one over on me...
Why?