Top 4 Ways to Record Audio from Computer

By Justin SabrinaUpdated on January 24, 2024

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"How can I record audio from my computer? I want to record some funny audio clips for my video projects. Please help."

"How do I record audio on Windows PC? I need to record a meeting audio on my Windows 10. Any suggestion?"

People need to record computer audio for many reason and usage. For example, they need to record meeting audio, record YouTube video audio, record online streaming music, and much more. If you also want to record sound from computer, you'd better put your eyes on this article. In this article, we will show you the ways to record audio from computer in 4 simple ways. You can record audio on PC and Mac with internal and external sound!

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Way 1. Record Audio on Mac with QuickTime Player

Let's start with the easiest and fastest way to record audio on a Mac. The QuickTime Player is not only a multifunctional media player, but also a free audio recorder on Mac. In the QuickTime Player app on your Mac, you have 3 options to record your Mac. You can choose to record Mac screen, record movie on Mac, or record audio on Mac. Follow the detailed steps to record audio in QuickTime Player on Mac.

Step 1. Open the QuickTime Player app on Mac, go to "File" > "New Screen Recording".

Step 2. Click the Options pop-up menu, you can choose the Microphone and Quality options.

• Microphone: Choose a microphone.
• Quality: Select the recording quality.

Step 3. Next, you need to adjust the volume control to hear the audio you are recording.

Step 4. Click on the red "RECORD" icon to start recording audio on your Mac. To end the recording, please hit on the gray "RECORD" icon.

Step 5. When finished, go to "File" > "Save" to save your recording audio files.

Pros:

• Easy to use, even for beginners.
• Two-in-one media player and recorder.
• Save your audio recording to M4A format.
• Compatible with iPhone and iPad for mobile recording.

Cons:

• Not free for Windows users.
• High-quality recording takes up a lot of storage space.
• It requires you to configure Soundflower to record your microphone or internal sound.

Way 2. Record Sound on Windows 10 using Microsoft Voice Recorder

For Windows users, you can use the pre-installed Video Recorder to record audio on Windows 10. This handy tool allows to directly capture sound on your PC. It's quite easy to find the Microsoft Voice Recorder app on your Windows 10. You can access this app from the Start menu directly! Let's see how to figure it out!

How to Record Audio on Windows 10?

Step 1. Open the Start menu and search for Voice Recorder. If no result you can go to the Microsoft Store to download the Microsoft Voice Recorder for free.

Step 2. Launch the Microsoft Voice Recorder app, and you'll see a blue Microphone icon in the center.

Step 3. When everything is ready, just press the blue "Microphone" icon to start recording. To end recording, click the blue Microphone icon again.

Step 4. After that, your recordings will appear on the left panel. You can click on the three dots in the lower right corner to open the output folder.

Pros:

• Easy to operate.
• Simple design and clean interface.
• A free built-in Voice Recorder on Windows 10.
• Record audio in multiple formats, including MP3, M4A, WAV, FLAC, WMA, etc.

Cons:

• Only available on Windows 10.
• No audio editing capabilities.

Way 3. Record Audio from Computer via UkeySoft Screen Recorder [👍 Best]

To record internal sound on computers and external audio sources, you can ty this professional audio recorder - UkeySoft Screen Recorder. This outstanding tool lets you record any computer activity with/without audio. Except for recording audio from computer, it also works as a powerful screen recorder. For instance, it supports to recorder audio, online meeting, live streams, videos, movies, gameplay, etc. It lets you save the recording in various audio & video format, including MP3, M4A, WAV, MP4, MP4, MOV, M4V, FLAC, AVI, etc. Once the recording is done, you can edit the recording with its built-in editing features.

UkeySoft Screen Recorder is available on Windows 7, 8, 8.1, 10, 11, Vista, XP, macOS 10.12 and above. Next, we will show you the detailed about how to record audio on Mac and Windows using this good audio recording software. You can download and install this software in advance.

3.1 How to Record Audio on Mac with UkeySoft Screen Recorder

It is quite easy to record sound from Computer using UkeySoft Screen Recorder. This great tool is available on both Windows and Mac. Here we take the Mac version as example and show you how to record online music on Mac.

Step 1. Start UkeySoft Screen Recorder on Your Mac
First, download and install UkeySoft Screen Recorder for Mac computer. Then start the program, you will see its 5 main functions.

Step 2. Select "Audio Only" Option
To record computer audio, please select "Audio Only" feature. If you want to record Mac screen with audio, you can pick "Full Screen" or "Custom Area".

Meanwhile, you can open any streaming music app or web player.

Step 3. Set System Audio & Microphone
Turn on the "System Audio". If you want to record Mac screen with your voice, you can select the "System&Mic" option.

Step 4. Choose Audio Format
To set the output quality, please click the "Audio format", MP3 format is recommended.

Step 5. Start Recording Audio on Mac
After the above settings are completed, hit on the “REC” button, then UkeySoft will start recording the internal audio on your Mac after a 3 second countdown.

You can pause/end the recording at any time by touching the "Stop" button.

Step 6. Save Recorded Amazon Music to Mac
When you end the recording, you can view the output files by clicking on the "History" icon.

You can play the recorded audi files with the built-in music player on Mac.

3.2 How to Record Audio on Windows with UkeySoft Screen Recorder

Step 1. Open UkeySoft Screen Recorder
After installation, fire up UkeySoft Screen Recorder on a PC, choose "Screen Recorder" function.

Step 2. Select Record Audio Mode
To record audio from computer, please select "Record Audio" mode.

Step 3. Set Audio & Microphone
To record the internal audio from computer, you can select "Computer sounds" option. It also allows you to record your voice using a microphone.

You may also adjust the volume by clicking "Settings" here.

Step 4. Set Audio Format & Quality
Click "Settings" at the upper right corner to open the settings window. Tap "Audio" in the left side, you can select your desired audio format, set the bitrate and frequncy.

Step 5. Start Recording Audio on PC
You can now play any video, music, and click the red "REC" button to start your recording.

Once done, click on the red button to end the recording.

Pros:

• Easy to use.
• Safe and reliable.
• Powerful features.
• Compatible with Windows and Mac.
• Allows to add watermark, sound and more.
• Includes a built-in video editor on Windows version.
• Lets you record system audio, microphone audio, or both.
• Record audio, window app, computer screen, online videos and more.

Cons:

• Limitations of the free trial version.

Way 4. Record Computer Audio using Online Audio Recorder

If you want to record audio from computer without installing any third-party tools, you can also use an online audio recorder. When you search for "How can I record audio for free?" or "How to record audio online?", you will discover some free online audio recorders, or online voice recorder. There is no free lunch in the world, almost all free online audio recorders come with annoying ads, some even have hidden plugins, you have to choose carefully.

- Open the Online Audio Recorder on browser.
- Click on the "RECORD" button to begin recording.
- After finishing your recording, you can download it as MP3 files.

Pros:

• Free.
• Easy to use.
• Record audio to MP3.

Cons:

• No audio editing tools.
• Limited output format.
• Limited size for audio recording.
• Its page comes with ads or even plugins.

Justin Sabrina

Justin Sabrina has over 10 years of content writing experience. She specializes in product reviews, how-to guides, tips and tricks, top lists, etc. on data encryption, multi-media conversion, screen recording and iOS unlocking. At UkeySoft, she performs in-depth research SEO copywriting and collaborates with our R & D team to offer effective software solution, most of her articles on software are helpful and easy to read, helping our reader easily solve problems through using software or apps.

Justin Sabrina

Li Zhang is a sophisticated editor for UkeySoft in tech blog writing, as well as a SEO and content marketing expert. She has been writing related article about multimedia conversion, streaming music and streaming video since 2018. Also, she's starting to write article about data security, including articles about file lock, USB encryption, DVD encryption, etc. Each helpful tutorial and solution is based on her practical tests, she is aways energetic and trustworthy in this field.

Justin Sabrina

Chester is an experienced editor for UkeySoft focused on tech article writing, software & hardware produce review and tutorial. He specializes in composing posts about music conversion, video downloading, video conversion, screen recording and other tech knowledge tips. He always understands user needs and pain points and familiar with all kinds of multimedia conversion software and streaming music downloader on the market. So far, he has published 400+ helpful tech articles of software reviews, how-to guides to help reader in need.

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