You listen to a song by chance when you are watching a movie. You really love the song and want to record what you hear. However, how to record what u hear? The following content will guide you how to record what you hear step by step.

Part 1: How to Record What You Hear on Windows with Windows Sound Recorder

Windows Sound Recorder is installed on our computer at the very beginning. As long as you have a computer, you can easily open the software to record what you hear. The function of Sound Recorder is so simple that it can only record and save the recording. If you are seeking for sound recorder software at hand, Windows Sound Recorder is one of top choices to record what you hear Windows 7.

1. For Windows 7 or earlier version, you can go to Start > All programs > Accessories > Sound Recorder and open Sound Recorder. For Windows 8 or later, you can click WINKEY+Q to search Sound Recorder on your PC. On Windows 10, Sound Recorder is renamed Voice Recorder.

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2. Prepare to record what you hear Windows 7/8/8.1/10. Click the recording button to start to record what u hear. When finish recording, you can click the recording button again.

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3. Once you click the recording button, a pop-up box will show to choose the target output directory. Usually, your recording is saved as the format of WMA by default. In this way, you can Windows record what you hear.

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Part 2. How to Record What You Hear Online with Online Voice Recorder

When you want to record what you hear online, how to record what u hear? Online Voice Recorder will be a good choice for you to record what you hear online. It is an easy-to-use online recording tool, facilitating you to record what you hear without the requirement to install the software or register on website. Moreover, the software can automatically detect silent fragments at the beginning and the end of your recordings. It also allows you to freely clip the recording. Now you can read the following steps to learn how to record what you hear online.

1. Enter the website: https://online-voice-recorder.com/ , you have to install Adobe Flash Player first. Then click the big red button, a dialogue box will pop up to ask your permission to authorize microphone. Click the option "Allow".

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2. Start recording now. The red recording button will turn green when it records audio. You can see the recording time at the top right of the green button.

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3. Press the green button to stop recording and click the green button to play the sound. If you are not happy with the recording, choose "Record again"; otherwise, click "Save" to save the recording to your target file folder. When you click "Click to save", a box will pop up to ask you to choose the target output directory and the recording is saved as the output format of MP3.

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Part 3. How to Make Windows Record What You Hear with Leawo Music Recorder

When it comes to the best alternative to Windows Sound Recorder, Leawo Music Recorder is no doubt the best solution to make Windows record what you hear. It can record any sound from any sound source like online video, computer music or microphone. If you are afraid of missing wonderful parts, you can use Task Scheduler to automatically record what you hear by setting the start time and duration. Besides, it supports to record what you hear in over 300 formats and save the recording in MP3 or WAV. How to record what u hear? Leawo Music Recorder is really helpful in recording what you hear Windows 7/8/8.1/10.

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Leawo Music Recorder 

☉ Record any sound from computer stream audio and input audio.

☉ Record from 1000+ music sites like YouTube, Facebook, etc.

☉ Schedule music recording via internal recording task scheduler.

☉ Automatically/manually add tags: artist, album, cover, genre, etc.

☉ Save recordings into either WAV or MP3 format for wide uses.

Download and install this music recorder software on your computer. The below steps would show you detailed guide on how to download podcasts on Mac and PC respectively.

Step 1: Choose audio source

Click the drop-down icon at top right corner or the little microphone icon at bottom left to enter the setting panel. Choose Audio Source > Record Computer Audio or Record Audio Input to record what you hear. If you want to record what you hear online, you can choose "Record Computer Audio". If you want to record what others say from microphone, you can choose "Record Audio Input". You can also change the software skin by clicking "Skin" on the setting panel.

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Step 2: Choose output format

On the same panel, go to Format > Output format to choose output format. You can choose MP3 or WAV as the output format. Besides, you can change the parameters of bit rate and sample rate.

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Step 3: Select the target output directory

Then go to "General" to select the target output directory in the "Output" box. You could also switch program language here.

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Step 4: Let Windows record what you hear

Activate the recording button at top left and then play what you hear or input your voice via microphone. When you finish recording, click it again to stop.

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Step 5: Manually add tags if needed

Leawo Music Recorder is able to download and add audio tags automatically if you're recording a music file. If music tags are mislabeled, you can go to Media panel and right click the recording to choose "Edit Music Tags" to edit music tags like song title, artist, year and genre.

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Video Demo of How to Use Leawo Music Recorder

If you're using a Mac computer, you could turn to Leawo Music Recorder for Mac, which could do exactly the same thing as that of the Windows version, and be compatible with Mac OS 10.6 and later.

To sum up, Leawo Music Recorder is the best choice for how to record what u hear. It doesn't require network as Online Voice Recorder does. Besides, it supports more functions than Windows Sound Recorder and Online Voice Recorder, for example, it can support the recording saved in the output format of MP3 and WAV, while Windows Sound Recorder only supports WMA as the output format and Online Voice Recorder supports MP3 as the output format. Moreover, Leawo Music Recorder can enhance sound quality by setting bit rate and sample rate and customize the recording by editing music tags like title, artist, album, etc. So why not try this software to record what u hear?