Recording Sound

Hey,
Im into online gaming, and with the team we have a lot of discussions on the PS2.
What we want to do is start recording these discussions and post them on the net.
We communicate through a USB headset. Is there a way that i can record the talk going through my headset on to my mac?
Thanks
Ben

Hi Troy,
Thanks for your very fast reply, i havent downloaded the programme yet, but im guessing it records, an output from your mac.
The thing is i have a USB headset that is connected to my game console. I would need to find a way that i could split the USB so that one goes into my Mac, and one goes into my games console.
Then i would use that software to record the sound.

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I use this code below to record sound, but it failed. The output is :
Press ENTER to start the recording.
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*     SimpleAudioRecorder.java
*     This file is part of jsresources.org
import java.io.IOException;
import java.io.File;
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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;
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* <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>
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* 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>
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           * below) being called. There, the data is actually read from the line.
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           * 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!).
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          try {
               targetDataLine = (TargetDataLine) AudioSystem.getLine(info);
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           * Again for simplicity, we've hardcoded the audio file type, too.
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           * Now, we are creating an SimpleAudioRecorder object. It contains the
           * logic of starting and stopping the recording, reading audio data from
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          SimpleAudioRecorder recorder = new SimpleAudioRecorder(targetDataLine,
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           * 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();
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          recorder.start();
          out("Recording...");
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          out("Press ENTER to stop the recording.");
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               e.printStackTrace();
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          out("\tjava SimpleAudioRecorder <audiofile>");
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     private static void out(String strMessage) {
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Message was edited by: teawithmilk

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