Windows · WASAPI loopback
A tiny one-button audio recorder for Windows that captures whatever is currently playing on your computer — music, videos, calls, browser tabs, or anything you can hear through your speakers. No microphone is involved, so you get a clean digital copy without room noise.
Start capturing the computer’s audio output. A timer shows the elapsed recording time while the audio plays.
The recording is saved instantly with a timestamped name, such as Recording 2026-07-25 15.02.33.wav.
Clean WASAPI loopback capture from the default playback device, typically 48 kHz stereo.
Choose uncompressed WAV or compact 192 kbps MP3.
Defaults to Desktop and can be changed at any time.
Your selected format and save folder persist between sessions.
One large record/stop button with no menus or configuration.
Capture a spoken phrase, drum hit, texture, or musical moment, then trim it into a sample in your DAW.
Record a station ident, unusual transition, voice fragment, or atmospheric broadcast for sound design.
Save a permitted quote or spoken idea, then cut, pitch, layer, and process it creatively.
Preserve a conversation when every participant has agreed to the recording.
Capture a short reference passage and compare tone, dynamics, and balance inside your project.
Record generative web audio, online instruments, game sounds, or layered browser playback.
For editing and music production, choose WAV whenever possible. It avoids extra compression and gives you the cleanest source material.
Warping a YouTube phrase to tempo, slicing radio fragments, and turning single hits into playable instruments.
Ableton’s official sample import guide ↗Chopping spoken words, building drum kits from video sounds, and arranging long radio recordings.
FL Studio’s official Playlist guide ↗Precise timeline placement, soundtrack work, and keeping captured sounds in the project Pool.
Cubase’s official import guide ↗Fast editing, creating many variations, and organizing a large folder of captured audio.
REAPER’s official user guide ↗Dropping a captured beat or reference into a Song and quickly recording new instruments around it.
PreSonus’s official drag-and-drop guide ↗Record responsibly. Only capture audio you own or have permission to use. Copyright, privacy law, platform terms, and consent requirements may apply to music, broadcasts, videos, calls, and meetings.