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   Learn to Record Anything with 'Take Control of Audio Hijack'

   Tonya Engst

   Recording audio from a Mac app is conceptually simple, but without the
   right tools and know-how, it can be tremendously frustrating. Adam and
   the TidBITS crew have long relied on Rogue Amoeba's [1]Audio Hijack for
   all recording tasks, and now we're pleased to bring you Kirk
   McElhearn's new '[2]Take Control of Audio Hijack' to explain both the
   basics and the subtleties of Audio Hijack 3's new flowchart-like
   interface, which is vastly different from the previous version's
   approach (see '[3]Audio Hijack 3 Bumps Up the Volume,' 30 January
   2015).

   [4][tn_Audio-Hijack-podcast-session.jpg]

   You'll learn how to capture and enhance any audio playing on a Mac,
   with step-by-step instructions for common scenarios ' including
   recording audio playing in Safari, capturing Skype and FaceTime calls,
   digitizing your old LPs, extracting audio from concert DVDs, working
   with microphones and mixers, and more. Kirk also covers the basics of
   editing recordings in Rogue Amoeba's [5]Fission audio editor.

   I could go on for a while about all the good stuff that Kirk distilled
   into the 119-page book, but if you've read this far and want more
   detail, click over to the book's full description on the redesigned
   Take Control Web site.

   Finally, I just wanted to share that I had such a nice time making
   '[6]Take Control of Audio Hijack.' In addition to getting to work with
   Kirk, whose enjoyment of audio is infectious, it was great to have
   expert editing help from our friend Geoff Duncan, who has many years of
   experience as a producer, technician, and studio musician. And Rogue
   Amoeba's Paul Kafasis provided amiable and helpful suggestions during
   our tech edit phase, making an already good book even better. But the
   real win was learning Audio Hijack and Fission, which are the epitome
   of cheerful, uncluttered apps with surprising depths. Using them
   improves my mood, which is true of too few apps these days. If you need
   to work with audio, give them a try.

References

   1. https://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijack/
   2. http://tid.bl.it/tco-audio-hijack-tidbits
   3. http://tidbits.com/article/15371
   4. http://tidbits.com/resources/2015-08/Audio-Hijack-podcast-session.png
   5. https://www.rogueamoeba.com/fission/
   6. http://tid.bl.it/tco-audio-hijack-tidbits