What are streaming music? How to record streaming music?

Dear friends, streaming music is a kind of music that you can just listen in your PC as it arrives over the INTERNET but cant save or download it. It is constantly received and presented to the listener in real time. Most of the internet radio station telecast in this fashion.

So is there any option to save those superb music for latter hearing? Yes there is. There are softwares that can capture and record anything that is played in your PCś soundcard. And some of them are free! Isn´t that great? Here is a list of them:

1. Free Sound Recorder: It is an easy-to-use FREE software program that lets you record any sounds from your sound card and save the recording directly into MP3, WMA or WAV files. Free Sound Recorder is a perfect audio recorder to record your own voice, music or any other sound by working directly with your sound card. It supports the recording of input from a microphone, streaming audio from the Internet, external input devices (e.g. CDs, LP, music cassettes, phone line etc.) as well as other applications like Winamp, Media Player, etc. With built-in advanced audio record engine, the recorder produces high quality recordings.

2. Aktiv MP3 Recorder: It is an excellent FREE program for recording audio from various sound sources like streaming music service over the internet, Internet radio, or while watching a video, you can capture the audio that is played through your soundcard. This free software has excellent audio format support and can save in WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, AU, VOX, and AIFF formats. This full-featured audio recorder also has a scheduler which gives you the flexibility to record streaming audio at certain times.

3. Streamosaur: It is a free real time direct to disk recorder software for Windows XP and Vista. It can record your sound card inputs : microphone, input lines from external mixer, audio tape and more; record from any web streams like internet radio or video sources.

4. Audacity: It is another great FREE software to record streaming music. However it may appear a bit difficult to use initially. But its a much more feature rich software that can not only record music but also edit the music. There are numerous options in-built in it to change the tempo, pitch, volume, noise, echo etc etc.

So with these softwares, next time you are listening to your favorite radio stations, don't forget to save the songs to your hard disk. Cheers!