Well, shit

[mousme]

Firefox tells me I use that subject line a lot. Dunno what that says about me.

So the happy new external hard drive I got myself as a birthday present is already malfunctioning. COME ON!

It keeps "ejecting" itself, and now 90% of the time it doesn't register when I plug it in. Highly annoying, especially since I have a LOT of stuff on there, including new episodes of Supernatural

Bah, humbug.

I think that I ought to start looking into copying some of this stuff onto CDs or whatever. Trouble is, I have NO idea how to do that. :(


In related but less frustrating news, does anyone out there in LJ land know how I would go about recording an MP3 on my computer? I mean, a recording of my own voice. I'm thinking of a birthday present for my mother, and I'd love to be able to record something for her that I could either give her as a computer file or maybe burn to a disc, or something. I have no idea where to even begin, but I'd like to avoid the complication of a hand-held recorder which I would then have to somehow put onto the computer and... uh. Yeah.

Help?

Comments

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

http://www.boutell.com/newfaq/creating/recordmp3.html

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

Do you have GarageBand on your Mac? If not, I have the latest iLife suite. I can also lend you my mic, which should plug into your input. My Mini doesn't recognise it, but the Mini is super-stripped down and Macbooks tend to be smarter about stuff like that. If it doesn't work, I can lend you the Minidisc player that acts as a powered preamp and gets the mic to work; you just hit record on GarageBand and the Minidisc player and it records right to computer through the Minidisc, no two-step transferring thing.

[mousme.livejournal.com]

I do have GarageBand. I poked at it, but can't seem to make it record stuff as an mp3. It insists on labelling everything ".band" which confuses me to no end.

If I ever have time off ever again, I will totally take you up on your offer. I may even eventually invest in something myself. :)

Thank you!

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

When it's recorded you need to export it to iTunes and open it as an mp3. Super easy; it's essentially just saving it and then opening it in a specific way in iTunes to listen to it, then saving it again. It took me an hour to figure it out. Now I am dangerous. :)

[mousme.livejournal.com]

Gnarr.

I spent a while poking at iTunes, but the "test" recording I make doesn't seem to want to open. How did you manage it?

[owldaughter.livejournal.com]

In GarageBand, click on "Share", and then "Send Song to iTunes". This saves it in the Library in an iTunes open-able format. Open iTunes, then "Open File", then find your file. It will play it in iTunes. You probably need to Save As then select mp3 at this point; I can't remember. I"m rushed at the moment, so I'll check again for you tomorrow or Monday.

[prolixfootle.livejournal.com]

Umm... I think the easiest way would be to make a voice post and then download it (I actually went back in bodhifox's journal to verify that this was correct - right click on the voice post link, save as and hey presto! A shiny new mp3 - at leas in IE...). Sounds like a phone call, but hey, it's simple.

[bodhifox.livejournal.com]

Well done!

[tcaptain.livejournal.com]

Mmmm, if you don't figure out the whole CD recording file backup thing, let me know.
Maybe I can come up with something when you're here on Sunday? (After the shower I mean)

How odd that your external is already throwing tantrums. Out of curiosity what did you buy?

[mousme.livejournal.com]

I will definitely take you up on that. I am a giant wuss when it comes to computer stuff. ;)

My external is La Cie, for what it's worth.

Alas that I can't come to the shower. I am really, really pissed about that.