Liquid Audio Ripper

At last, a simplified internal audio recorder!

This app listens in on your default input device and captures the output to a .wav file for your sampling / listening pleasure. Set your default device to 'stereo mix' and you'll instantly have the ability to capture everything you hear on the fly.

Recording starts when you open the app, and stops when you close it (although, pressing 'S' as instructed is the preferred method to make sure your file saves without issue). There aren't any systems or menus to get in the way -- this is built for rapid sampling, so output format is simply [month-day-minute-millisecond]. That way you can load your samples into your devices quickly without having to think too much about what they're called, where they go, etc. 

Comes with source code, too!

Since this was built on top of Processing, you get access to all of the internals. So if you want to tweak anything for personal use, go for it. Change the output scheme, run it through audio effects, etc!

Why do I think this is cool?

This project was inspired by my dad -- he likes to record audio from a popular music streaming platform onto his hard drive (that's just his thing; I don't ask questions!), but doesn't always remember how to run Reaper or Audacity. So, I made this to allow him (and you!) to simply and rapidly sample whatever's coming out of the speakers.

So aside from simply recording music, being able to sample audio from random sources for sound design and music production on the fly is pretty damn cool -- I've been using it for those random textures, and I figured others might want to give it a spin as well :).

Tutorials, walkthroughs, and tips & tricks are on the way, as usual. Keep an eye on the devlogs for updates and more information!