Recording what i'm playing...

hey people, does anyone know how to record the sound that my mac is playing??
for example, if i'm playing a dvd, how would i go about recording the sound from this? or if i wanted to record the vocal of them 'i'm a mac and i'm a pc' adverts thats playing on the web, can i do this on my macbook pro and STP??
I used to do things like this all the time on my PC with soundforge simply by choosing 'wave out' as the recording device, but i only have the built in mic and line in on the list of devices on my mac!
thanks in advance for any suggestions

yup. Audio Hijack will work - bu, there ia also a great little (free/open source) app from Cycling '74 called Soundflower (http://www.cycling74.com/products/soundflower) which allows you to route the audio from another application into a kind of virtual audio device which can be selected as a recording device in Soundtrack Pro.
I use this to record into soundtrack from standalone virtual instrument libraries that can only be triggered by midi. I mainly use it with libraries like Sample Logic A.I.R. and Stormdrum.
look forward
gavin little
echolab
dublin, ireland
http://www.echo-lab.com/
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i didn't pay all that much attention as it's never been a problem for me!
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The Export Audio Mixdown function in Cubase SX/SL allows you to mix
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An output bus.
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The channel for an audio track (Cubase SX only).
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insert effects – by exporting the track and re-importing it into the project you
can turn off the insert effect, saving processor power.
Any kind of audio channel in the mixer (Cubase SX only).
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Group channels and ReWire channels. There are many uses for this – for example, you
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Notes
The Export Audio Mixdown function mixes down the area between the
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i left everything else in just in case you wanted to check through it!
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