How do I record sound?

I have very little experience recording sound onto my computer. I know how to use garage band, sound studio, etc. But I am interested in recording live chamber music. I was wonderng what additional programs and/or tools I will need. A microphone maybe? Any little bit of info will help. Thank you!

A few items I found Googling:
Recording Audio on Your Mac
Basic Recording
Audio Recording Software
How to Record a Podcast
Recording Audio
If your Mac has a Mic input jack you can use a high quality microphone. If you don't have a Mic input jack then you can purchase a Griffin iMic to provide a Mic input connection via a USB port.

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How can I record sound

I use this code below to record sound, but it failed. The output is :
Press ENTER to start the recording.
Recording...
Press ENTER to stop the recording.
Recording stopped.
After I pressed ENTER, it stoped recording immediately.
The code is:
*     SimpleAudioRecorder.java
*     This file is part of jsresources.org
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.File;
import javax.sound.sampled.DataLine;
import javax.sound.sampled.TargetDataLine;
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioFormat;
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioSystem;
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioInputStream;
import javax.sound.sampled.LineUnavailableException;
import javax.sound.sampled.AudioFileFormat;
* <titleabbrev>SimpleAudioRecorder</titleabbrev> <title>Recording to an audio
* file (simple version)</title>
* <formalpara><title>Purpose</title> <para>Records audio data and stores it
* in a file. The data is recorded in CD quality (44.1 kHz, 16 bit linear,
* stereo) and stored in a <filename>.wav</filename> file.</para></formalpara>
* <formalpara><title>Usage</title> <para> <cmdsynopsis> <command>java
* SimpleAudioRecorder</command> <arg choice="plain"><option>-h</option></arg>
* </cmdsynopsis> <cmdsynopsis> <command>java SimpleAudioRecorder</command>
* <arg choice="plain"><replaceable>audiofile</replaceable></arg>
* </cmdsynopsis> </para></formalpara>
* <formalpara><title>Parameters</title> <variablelist> <varlistentry> <term><option>-h</option></term>
* <listitem><para>print usage information, then exit</para></listitem>
* </varlistentry> <varlistentry> <term><option><replaceable>audiofile</replaceable></option></term>
* <listitem><para>the file name of the audio file that should be produced from
* the recorded data</para></listitem> </varlistentry> </variablelist>
* </formalpara>
* <formalpara><title>Bugs, limitations</title> <para> You cannot select audio
* formats and the audio file type on the command line. See AudioRecorder for a
* version that has more advanced options. Due to a bug in the Sun jdk1.3/1.4,
* this program does not work with it. </para></formalpara>
* <formalpara><title>Source code</title> <para> <ulink
* url="SimpleAudioRecorder.java.html">SimpleAudioRecorder.java</ulink> </para>
* </formalpara>
public class SimpleAudioRecorder extends Thread {
     private TargetDataLine m_line;
     private AudioFileFormat.Type m_targetType;
     private AudioInputStream m_audioInputStream;
     private File m_outputFile;
     public SimpleAudioRecorder(TargetDataLine line,
               AudioFileFormat.Type targetType, File file) {
          m_line = line;
          m_audioInputStream = new AudioInputStream(line);
          m_targetType = targetType;
          m_outputFile = file;
      * Starts the recording. To accomplish this, (i) the line is started and
      * (ii) the thread is started.
     public void start() {
           * Starting the TargetDataLine. It tells the line that we now want to
           * read data from it. If this method isn't called, we won't be able to
           * read data from the line at all.
          m_line.start();
           * Starting the thread. This call results in the method 'run()' (see
           * below) being called. There, the data is actually read from the line.
          super.start();
      * Stops the recording.
      * Note that stopping the thread explicitely is not necessary. Once no more
      * data can be read from the TargetDataLine, no more data be read from our
      * AudioInputStream. And if there is no more data from the AudioInputStream,
      * the method 'AudioSystem.write()' (called in 'run()' returns. Returning
      * from 'AudioSystem.write()' is followed by returning from 'run()', and
      * thus, the thread is terminated automatically.
      * It's not a good idea to call this method just 'stop()' because stop() is
      * a (deprecated) method of the class 'Thread'. And we don't want to
      * override this method.
     public void stopRecording() {
          m_line.stop();
          m_line.close();
      * Main working method. You may be surprised that here, just
      * 'AudioSystem.write()' is called. But internally, it works like this:
      * AudioSystem.write() contains a loop that is trying to read from the
      * passed AudioInputStream. Since we have a special AudioInputStream that
      * gets its data from a TargetDataLine, reading from the AudioInputStream
      * leads to reading from the TargetDataLine. The data read this way is then
      * written to the passed File. Before writing of audio data starts, a header
      * is written according to the desired audio file type. Reading continues
      * untill no more data can be read from the AudioInputStream. In our case,
      * this happens if no more data can be read from the TargetDataLine. This,
      * in turn, happens if the TargetDataLine is stopped or closed (which
      * implies stopping). (Also see the comment above.) Then, the file is closed
      * and 'AudioSystem.write()' returns.
     public void run() {
          try {
               AudioSystem.write(m_audioInputStream, m_targetType, m_outputFile);
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
     public static void main(String[] args) {
          if (args.length != 1 || args[0].equals("-h")) {
               printUsageAndExit();
           * We have made shure that there is only one command line argument. This
           * is taken as the filename of the soundfile to store to.
          String strFilename = args[0];
          File outputFile = new File(strFilename);
           * For simplicity, the audio data format used for recording is hardcoded
           * here. We use PCM 44.1 kHz, 16 bit signed, stereo.
          AudioFormat audioFormat = new AudioFormat(
                    AudioFormat.Encoding.PCM_SIGNED, 44100.0F, 16, 2, 4, 44100.0F,
                    false);
           * Now, we are trying to get a TargetDataLine. The TargetDataLine is
           * used later to read audio data from it. If requesting the line was
           * successful, we are opening it (important!).
          DataLine.Info info = new DataLine.Info(TargetDataLine.class,
                    audioFormat);
          TargetDataLine targetDataLine = null;
          try {
               targetDataLine = (TargetDataLine) AudioSystem.getLine(info);
               targetDataLine.open(audioFormat);
          } catch (LineUnavailableException e) {
               out("unable to get a recording line");
               e.printStackTrace();
               System.exit(1);
           * Again for simplicity, we've hardcoded the audio file type, too.
          AudioFileFormat.Type targetType = AudioFileFormat.Type.WAVE;
           * Now, we are creating an SimpleAudioRecorder object. It contains the
           * logic of starting and stopping the recording, reading audio data from
           * the TargetDataLine and writing the data to a file.
          SimpleAudioRecorder recorder = new SimpleAudioRecorder(targetDataLine,
                    targetType, outputFile);
           * We are waiting for the user to press ENTER to start the recording.
           * (You might find it inconvenient if recording starts immediately.)
          out("Press ENTER to start the recording.");
          try {
               System.in.read();
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
           * Here, the recording is actually started.
          recorder.start();
          out("Recording...");
           * And now, we are waiting again for the user to press ENTER, this time
           * to signal that the recording should be stopped.
          out("Press ENTER to stop the recording.");
          try {
               System.in.read();
          } catch (IOException e) {
               e.printStackTrace();
           * Here, the recording is actually stopped.
          recorder.stopRecording();
          out("Recording stopped.");
     private static void printUsageAndExit() {
          out("SimpleAudioRecorder: usage:");
          out("\tjava SimpleAudioRecorder -h");
          out("\tjava SimpleAudioRecorder <audiofile>");
          System.exit(0);
     private static void out(String strMessage) {
          System.out.println(strMessage);
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