You are still reading... whatever you do, do NOT try this at home. This information is for educational purposes only. I am not responsible...blah blah blah.
First let me introduce you to Deezer. Deezer.com allows you to stream music on demand with no restrictions! If you listen to music on your computer, then you need to take a look at this site. It is by far the best online music source I have come across. Search for a song and it will play it. Search for a band and Deezer will serve up just about every song they ever put out (at least for the music I like.)
If you have a better source, use it! It really doesn't matter where the stream is coming from, the next tool I'm going to describe will record it too!
Now that we have a source for streaming the music, how do we record it? That's were Audacity comes in. Audacity is a free, easy-to-use audio editor and recorder for Windows, Mac OS X, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems. Download and install Audacity and the LAME plugin (you need to be LAME to export the recording as an MP3). Nothing fancy required with the install, just follow the instructions on the site.
OK, lets NOT record something because that is probably against the law... But here is how you would if you wanted to:
Open up deezer.com (or your favorite site to stream audio) in a web browser and find the song you want to record (don't play it just yet.)
Fire up Audacity. Click View > Float Mixer Toolbar. In the drop down box, select Stereo Mix.
Go back to the browser with the audio stream you wish to record and play the file. As the player begins to buffer the audio content, hit the Record button in Audacity.
When the song is done playing, hit the Stop button.
To save the recorded audio file as an WAV or MP3 file, go to File > Export as WAV or File > Export as MP3.
The only problem I found with this method, and it may be a show stopper for some folks, is that the recordings are mono and they sounded a bit quiet. I fixed the volume issue by going to Effect > Amplify... in Audacity with the track selected. I don't think there is a way to make the track stereo.
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