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Overview: Replay Music (Live Music Archive song capturing software)
Replay Music is one of the BEST best music capturing programs. It is a unique software that can capture songs from ANY Intenet radio station or online music service. Replay Music splits, tags and renames songs automatically. It can capture songs no matter what streaming format or protocol is used. And it can even capture audio from sound card when you don't have the Stereo Mix / Wave-Out Mix / Record What U Hear on your Windows 8, 7, Windows Vista or Windows XP. So even if you have problems recording sound on your PC, you can still use Replay Music for recording songs on it.
Replay Music is the BEST software for capturing music from Live Music Archive. It allows to split, tag and rename songs from Live Music Archive automatically. It can also put all your recorded songs into the appropriate folder and even add them into iTunes, so you may sync your recorded music collection with Apple iPhone, iPad, iPod.
Unlike many other Live Music Archive music capturing programs, it captures music directly from Live Music Archive, so you don't capture any background noise or any audio from your sound card besides songs from Live Music Archive.
How to use Replay Music to capture songs from Live Music Archive and other online music services:
Download Replay Music (Live Music Archive music capturing program) and install it.
Launch Replay Music (Live Music Archive music capturing program)
Hit the "Settings" button.
On the "Input" tab choose the directory to store your recorded songs.
Live Music Archive recorded songs will be placed into the directory after capturing.
On the same tab, choose the "Windows Audio Driver" as the "Input Source" in Windows 7 and 8 (choose the "Audio Driver" in Windows XP). This option allows you to capture songs from audio card without any background noise and sounds. It also allows you to capture audio on sound cards like Realtek, Sigmatel that doesn't have the Stereo Mix / Wave-out Mix / Record What U Hear option. It is recommended that you turn off Windows system sounds.
On the "Output" tab change the "File name format" if you like to capture song into another format. You can use the "%A - %T" template, so that your MP3 recorded songs look like "artist - title.mp3".
On the same tab choose "Record to MP3" and change the bit-rate to 192kbps or 256kbps (you may also choose lower bitrate for lower quality streams or higher bitrate for higher quality streams). Also select the "VBR" (variable bit-rate) for better quality and smaller filesize.
Close the Settings window.
Note that you need to change the Settings only once.
Start Live Music Archive and find a song or playlist that you want to capture. But don't start playing yet.
Note that you need to start Replay Music before Live Music Archive.
In Replay Music hit the "Start Recording" button (green "START" button). The Start Recording Session dialog will appear.
Optionally enter "Artist", "Album".
Change other settings if needed.
If you want your recorded songs to be added to iTunes automatically, check the "Add tracks to iTunes" checkbox. Then you will be able to sync your recordings with Apple iPhone, iPad or iPod easily.
If you want your recorded songs to be added to Windows Media Player automatically, check the "Add tracks to Windows Media Player" checkbox.
Hit the "OK" button.
Start playing music from Live Music Archive.
Replay Music will capture your songs from Live Music Archive. It will also split them, tag and name automatically.
If Replay Music didn't manage to find ID3 tags (artist,title,...) for a song, you can right-click on the recording and select "Tag track(s)" to try to identify the song again.
You can also edit songs manually by hitting the "Edit Track(s)" button.
Enjoy your MP3 recordings on any player!
Video tutorial (HowTo guide): capturing song from online music services like Live Music Archive with Replay Music
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Legal notice: Is it legal to capture songs from Live Music Archive?
This web-site is not affiliated with Live Music Archive (www.archive.org), nor the company that owns the trademark rights to Live Music Archive. This tutorial is provided for educational purposes only. All music capturing programs are intended for use as a personal archiving tools only. Please respect the rights of the copyright holders of any material you capture. If you like a stream you've recorded, please buy the music file! Our web-site is not intended to be a replacement for the music stores, rather it allows you to listen to music and make an educated purchase.
