Audio Hijack Pro by Rogue Amoeba

http://www.rogueamoeba.com/audiohijackpro/

Audio Hijack Pro

This is a great "value technology". I use "value technology" to mean a technology that provides an extreme amount of usefulness with minimal skills needed to operate it proficiently.  It is extremely intuitive, simple and easily customizable. 

Audio Hijack Pro is an audio recording digital tool that is made exclusively for Macintosh computers. Available in both free and premium ($32 one time fee) versions, Audio Hijack Pro's slogan says it all: If you can hear it, you can record it. 

The player is a simple interface that allows a user to record audio from the Web, iChat/Skype, ITunes, DVD player, QuickTime player, a basic microphone and SiriusXM satellite radio (parent company Rogue Amoeba also created Pulsar, which is an original satellite radio player, which Mac users needed due to technical difficulties with SiriusXM's own streaming service). 

Users can set a schedule and walk away while ensuring their content will be recorded. Timers and splits can be set so audio is nicely divided into hour or half hour blocks. Users can select the quality of the recording, downgrading it to save space. Once finished recording, Audio Hijack Pro will automatically transfer to recording to iTunes or a specified folder for conversion into mp3.  The program also offers various file formats. 

This tool can be used to record radio broadcasts, podcasts, theatrical audio, music, conversations, or any other audio content you can think of to share with students.  Listen to news broadcasts, analyze film dialogue, archive conversations, edit and manipulate audio and share with others. 

This is a worth tool because of the diversity it offers in a simple container.