By Cat Ellis
Audials One is an appealing proposition: a single, affordably priced program for streaming and recording audio from online radio stations – just like the good old days of audio cassettes, if you’re old enough to remember those, but without the need to rewind the tape with a ballpoint pen.
Audials doesn’t just cover music, but podcasts and other broadcasts too. It has thousands of station in its database, so if a DJ somewhere has it, so do you.
First, a note on legality. It’s OK to record from radio stations for personal use in most countries, though it’s a good idea to check the law in your area before using Audials One. Within the EU, for example, artists must be given ‘fair compensation’ for music recorded from radio stations. It could be argued that such recording is to be expected, and the compensation comes from the stations that pay to broadcast the music. There are no hard and fast rules yet, but things are likely to become clearer once software like Audials becomes more commonplace.
It’s also possible to save video from ‘portals’ such as YouTube with Audials One, though this is a little different to recording from a radio station. When recording …read more
Source:: techradar.com – PC and Mac
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