Mac Audio Capture User Guide - Losslessly Record Any Music on Mac

AudFree Audio Capture for Mac is the easiest solution for you to record any sound on Mac without losing any quality. With this smart music recorder, you can capture any type of music, including streaming audios, online radios, local songs and other sounds play by your Mac apps and save the recorded tracks in any popular format. To see how to record any music on macOS with AudFree Audio Capture for Mac, read on the complete user guide here.

Step 1 Download and Install AudFree Audio Capture for Mac

Firstly, install the free trial version of AudFree Audio Capture on your Mac. Since the trial version only captures 1 minute of each audio track, you are highly recommeded to get the full version in order to enjoy the complete recording features. Once you received the license key, launch the recorder, and find the 'Register' option from the Preferences option at the top-left corner on your Mac. Then input the reg code and email to activate the program.

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Step 2 Set Up the Audio Recorder

As soon as you open AudFree Audio Capture for Mac, you'll see the main window. You can click on the 'Select/Add an App' section and then tap '+' to add some mainstream apps such as Chrome, iTunes, Safari, QuickTime, Spotify, or others to the program. They are the commonly used media players or browsers installed on your Mac, making it easy for you to access and capture the audio with one click only. You can also simply click the 'Add an App' area on the main interface to locate, drag and drop the specific program to AudFree program.

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Step 3 Set Audio Quality for Recordings

Before getting started to record the sound on your Mac, you need to go to the bottom of AudFree tool to find the 'audio format' section and set the output audio format such as MP3, WAV, AAC, M4A, M4B, FLAC, etc. You can choose one of the format and then click on the 'gear' icon on each quality settings to alter parameters, like encoder, bitrate, sample rate, channel, etc.

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Step 4 Start to Play and Record the Audios

Now, from the main window, select the audio source/app from the app lists and click 'Start'. Then you can find and play the music tracks you need to capture. Once started, you'll see the recording process n the window. You can play multiple songs from different sources/programs at once and AudFree Audio Capture will record all the audio in real time and intelligently detect the gaps between all tracks so that it can split them into independent files correctly.

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Step 5 Stop and Edit the Recorded Audio

To quit the capturing, you can simply click the 'Stop' button on AudFree. If you want to merge different recordings into one file, you should check the option of 'Merge all into one file' before quiting. Once recorded, click the 'Trim' icon in each audio column, so that you can split the audio to small clips. If you like, you can also edit the ID3 tags manually by click on 'Edit ID3 tags' icon, including the music cover, title, artist, year, and more.

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When everything is set up, click 'Save' button and it will store the recorded audios in high quality on your Mac. To preview the recordings, you can click on the 'History' section and it will show you all the records as a list.

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