Five Ways To Record Audio On A Mac for Free

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In this video we show you 5 different ways you can record audio on a Mac for free. If you have an Apple computer and need to record audio you should watch this video.
Do you need to record audio on a Apple Mac computer? Whether it's your MacBook Pro, iMac, MacBook Air, or Mac mini, the core applications built into them all work the same. If you need to record audio tracks on your Mac but don't want to purchase or use external software then we show you how you can do this with the Macs core applications.
People record audio on a Mac for many different reasons including voice overs, memo, and song recording. You can get some great audio recording with the free software that comes with Apple computers. Post your favorite free way to record audio on your Mac.
Thanks for watching and supporting our channel where we talk about all types of technology with a strong emphasis on Mac computers.

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  • @ezkill1128
    @ezkill1128 Жыл бұрын

    I appreciate you for making this video, everything about it was informative and useful for me. Im getting into voice acting and this definitely helps making voice demos so much more easier

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for feedback and nice comment.

  • @joyogude
    @joyogude Жыл бұрын

    Thank you so much, Craig! Just bought n MV7 for my new podcast and after so many years of recording my audio directly to my DSLR using a rode mic, I was a bit lost trying to figure out how to record to my mac!!! This video saved my life!! :)

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback and watching. Good luck.

  • @cxcreator
    @cxcreator Жыл бұрын

    This was absolutely helpful! Thanks for taking the time so show us all the easy ways to add some VO!

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching and providing some feedback.

  • @sjsconyers6347
    @sjsconyers6347 Жыл бұрын

    Sooo helpful! Thank you very much. Searched in various other places and this video was the most helpful, resourceful, and informative. Great teacher!

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the nice words and for watching. Hope you can sub.

  • @stevenperceval5928
    @stevenperceval59283 жыл бұрын

    Great tutorial, really clear and easy to follow, thank you 👍

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching Steven and the nice words.

  • @chinciaezejiofo9108
    @chinciaezejiofo91083 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Craig! Really smart way to utilize apps we already have!

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Your welcome and thanks for watching.

  • @crimpbake
    @crimpbake2 жыл бұрын

    Really helpful, thanks Craig.

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for feedback.

  • @ToPkNotCh69
    @ToPkNotCh692 жыл бұрын

    Very Helpful thank you!

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks again for watching and the nice words.

  • @phoenixgriffin5130
    @phoenixgriffin51306 ай бұрын

    I have a new Mac and I was lost. You just gave me the map to do exactly what I needed! Thanks 🙏🏽 so much!

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    6 ай бұрын

    Appreciate the feedback on the Mac Audio video.

  • @eduardowatkinz
    @eduardowatkinz3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for the tips....

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Thanks Eduardo. Are you from the states or another country? Just curious as I have a few viewers from Germany, England, Canada, and many others. Always fun to see where people are from. Thanks again for supporting the channel.

  • @nickleinapickle
    @nickleinapickle Жыл бұрын

    Very helpful. I learned a lot!!

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for feedback

  • @kinggoose3910
    @kinggoose39106 ай бұрын

    this was so helpful ty

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    6 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback.

  • @wnentv68
    @wnentv682 жыл бұрын

    So helpful thanks and you saved me money 💵 😆

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching and the nice words.

  • @patrickryanii2446
    @patrickryanii244611 ай бұрын

    This was super helpful! Thank you soo much!

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks for the feedback

  • @patrickryanii2446

    @patrickryanii2446

    11 ай бұрын

    No problem!@@craigneidel

  • @stickapot3623
    @stickapot36239 ай бұрын

    THANK U

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    9 ай бұрын

    Welcome and thanks for watching.

  • @auroranite
    @auroranite Жыл бұрын

    Helpful tutorial. I plan to make audio recordings of the books I've read to share with family & friends who haven't the time to actually read the book, but interested in the content. To be able to transfer to digital format they can listen to on their ride to work etc... All your suggestion are worth a try, I specifically think the imovie will work best for me as no apparent time limit for the length of chapters to read. For a mic I'll look at the FIFINE K683 you're using, any suggestions welcome. Thank you.

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Жыл бұрын

    I just did a video on maono mic pretty good for 45. I will be doing another one on higher end fifine mic in week or so about 75.

  • @franzmostermann4837
    @franzmostermann48373 жыл бұрын

    Hello Craig, I mainly use MS Word for recording. It helps me to transfer oral language into written texts. In combination with FiFine microphone it saves me a lot of time. Word isn't built in on my iMac, but it isn't too expensive, so it might fit in the topic of today's video...

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    3 жыл бұрын

    So you got the Fifine mic? Not too bad for the money and I hope it's working out for you. Thanks Stephan.

  • @kayagyei2710
    @kayagyei2710 Жыл бұрын

    awesome tutorials

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching

  • @philbrattainauthor
    @philbrattainauthor5 ай бұрын

    Craig seems like he really knows what. he is doing!

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    5 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching the channel.

  • @seanlowe5547
    @seanlowe5547 Жыл бұрын

    Thanks

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks Sean.

  • @170833147
    @1708331472 жыл бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @170833147

    @170833147

    2 жыл бұрын

    Great teacher, thank you

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for nice comment

  • @AnneGoggansQHHT
    @AnneGoggansQHHT2 жыл бұрын

    Hi, I record long (2 hour) hypnosis sessions. I have used voice memo on MacBook Air and garage band, but I am always afraid garage band will cut out while Im not watching as I have heard it has recording limits. Memo doesn't have that problem, but it puts both mics on one stereo trac where I cannot edit each mic channel separately in garage band. It makes adjustments more difficult when I want to apply it to just one of the 2 microphones. Do you have a suggestion for what app or software to use? I have 2 xls mics through a motu m2 interface into my MacBook Air m1. Any suggestions are appreciated.

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    2 жыл бұрын

    I think there are ways to extend recording on Garage Band like this link - forums.macrumors.com/threads/garageband-help.189813/ - but I would search for that on KZread and I'm sure there is a video. I'll need to see what I can find on recording limits. For example if I use iMovie I'm yet to hit the limit but never did more than 30 minutes on that so far.

  • @semihapersonel3407
    @semihapersonel3407 Жыл бұрын

    Helpful video thank you, just about deleting part for Voice Memos how you said it sounds like it will delete the files itself - but the fact it deletes the files that you deleted, that are in the bin after some time which is a helpful function normally. Otherwise again thanks a lot!

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    11 ай бұрын

    Thanks for watching and the info. Appreciate it.

  • @markuspatzer8658
    @markuspatzer8658 Жыл бұрын

    Hi Craig, how you to pushout such clear accuare translation script? I'm trying the whole day audio record with my lav Boya mic on mac mini 2012, on google docs, with mote tool, the output translation script is horrible, it produces a lot of word salad, useless to use that in video or podcast. It's so frustrating i do not know how to fix this, maybe you have a tip? And with quicktime it not work I not can hear any sound of my audio record, no matter if I use the mac in line mic, or via pnp usb adapter- no sound. My big problemn is the audio script it does not accurate recognize my words.

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Жыл бұрын

    What version of MacOS are you on as that could have to do with the quality of this feature? Make sure you go into sound settings and you are on the right mic etc. also.

  • @markuspatzer8658

    @markuspatzer8658

    Жыл бұрын

    Hi Craig, thank you for your friendly answer! I have a mac mini 2012 with Catalina. Using an Delock 61645 usb adapter for the mic. The mic is the Boya by-M1 lavalier. So my mac chrome setting is english, tried it with mote voice tool and in google docs, most of my english spoken words are not recognized. The catalina system sound settings not recognize any external mic only the usb pnp adapter. Then so in mote the audio script translation= not accurate. I can try it on my android phone to see if this will working better. I have no idea what is the cause of this. Thank you and have nice day Craig !

  • @iamrubenmes
    @iamrubenmes Жыл бұрын

    So, at first I though the Voice Memo option was the easier one, but then you mentioned the iMovie option, which seems great because I need to have my audio files there anyway. However, with Garageband, can you actually equalize the audio there? That would make Garageband the superior option. Though for ease I guess Voice Memo works best. And a question: which export would be the highest audio quality? EDIT: Yes, naturally, you can edit audio in Garageband, which makes, in my opinion the best option for recording audio - IF you know how to equalize.

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for watching. I think Garageband could provide the best export options for quality but it's hard to tell. I just know bands use that so I'm guessing it will have the quality required for almost all applications. Thanks again for watching.

  • @iamrubenmes

    @iamrubenmes

    Жыл бұрын

    @@craigneidel thank you! Garageband seems pretty great! I'm preparing myself with a setup of Garageband and iMovie, along with a mic! Thanks again

  • @lifeunleashed
    @lifeunleashed2 жыл бұрын

    great overview for non techie like me. thanks!

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    2 жыл бұрын

    Thanks for feedback

  • @pranayk37
    @pranayk37Ай бұрын

    Can I use two different mics at the same time while recording an interview with a guest? One can be with voice memo and the other can be with quicktime player. Is that possible?

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Ай бұрын

    No that would not work unless you have something that can do that like a podcast device that streamers use with a few mics.

  • @pranayk37

    @pranayk37

    Ай бұрын

    I found a way. I record using voice memos and QuickTime at the same time. One mic on voice memos. The other mic on QuickTime. Works well

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Ай бұрын

    How are you connecting two mics?

  • @pranayk37

    @pranayk37

    Ай бұрын

    Just using two usb c ports on my macbook pro to plug them in

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Ай бұрын

    Got it.

  • @synthoelectro
    @synthoelectro27 күн бұрын

    I built the PC I'm using now in 2014. It has Intel(R) Core(TM) i5-4690 CPU @ 3.50GHz 3.50 GHz 16 GB Ram Nvidia GTX 1650 Super This computer still does the work for my music to this day but thanks to windows 10, it's quite sluggish at times What kind of Mac would I need round about at a 27 inch to match this PC?

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    20 күн бұрын

    Sorry about the delay. It all depends if you are a gamer or not as it's hard to match the graphics card. For for work etc. like video editing or photo editing any of the M1, M2, or M3 systems with 16 GB (if you can get that) are incredible machines for sure.

  • @synthoelectro

    @synthoelectro

    20 күн бұрын

    @@craigneidel we'll find out soon, getting my Mac Mini M1 - 8GB ram tomorrow.

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    20 күн бұрын

    @@synthoelectro nice. Thanks

  • @synthoelectro

    @synthoelectro

    20 күн бұрын

    @@craigneidel welcome, these macs are much more affordable these days thanks to used sales.

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    13 күн бұрын

    For sure.

  • @synthoelectro
    @synthoelectro27 күн бұрын

    I own a UMC HD202HD Beringer interface, will it work in mac?

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    27 күн бұрын

    That is a pretty specific product but I would just do a search on Google to see if that works. I don't see why not as long as you have the correct connectiion.

  • @synthoelectro

    @synthoelectro

    27 күн бұрын

    @@craigneidel noticed myself that it will work from the website, both windows and mac.

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    13 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the follow up.

  • @synthoelectro

    @synthoelectro

    13 күн бұрын

    @@craigneidel welcome

  • @franzmostermann4837
    @franzmostermann48373 жыл бұрын

    @Craig: have you ever heard of Cathy Wood and her ARK funds? I think she is very interesting and so I dared to invest into two of her funds. It’s not too easy to buy her funds here,but somehow I managed. Would be nice to hear your opinion! Hope you are doing good and stay safe!

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    3 жыл бұрын

    Hello Stephan. Hope you are doing good. I actually never heard of Cathy Wood and the ARK funds. Today my covid stock jumped about 20% and made a nice profit. Hoping it will go up more as they are getting very close. Still a gamble though for sure.

  • @roshanxshrestha
    @roshanxshrestha2 жыл бұрын

    how can i record audio when its in sleep

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    2 жыл бұрын

    I will need to look into that as I haven't had a reason to do that before. I just keep it awake when recording.

  • @DeucesWildDemoAlbum
    @DeucesWildDemoAlbum Жыл бұрын

    You are talking way too fast

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Жыл бұрын

    Ok. Thanks for watching

  • @DeucesWildDemoAlbum

    @DeucesWildDemoAlbum

    Жыл бұрын

    @@craigneidel For someone who doesn't have any experience doing this, it just blew right by me. Didn't have the first two apps, just Garage Band.

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Жыл бұрын

    My new videos are getting better on speed.

  • @DeucesWildDemoAlbum

    @DeucesWildDemoAlbum

    Жыл бұрын

    @@craigneidel this one sounds better to me, I can follow better, thanks.

  • @craigneidel

    @craigneidel

    Жыл бұрын

    Thanks for feedback.

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