Need an audio recorder soft+a soft to convert wav->mp3 etc

[Brwmogazos]

hi guys

I will get into the point right away.

I need a software first of all so that say when i am playing a movie...and iwould like to capture say 2 minutes of "what i hear"...

the windows recorder has limited lenght capabilities And it wont let you convert your file to mp3 for example...


So to begin with i need a sofware to capture the audio stream in my pc.Creative had a soft like that in the past but since i upgraded to the audigy 2 zs i forgot tokeep the soft that came with the cd.


AND....i need another software to help me convert wav files to mp3.
For example i like a song i am playing in winamp say..mp3 usually...i like to record say 20 seconds of it so that i can use it as a ring tone in my mobile phone...using windows recorder i save the file to wav...but its like 4megs...what software do i need to be able to convert that to mp3?


please reccomend me some software for that...freeware if possible.

i am using mp3workshop but it goes wrong lately...as when it converts the file to mp3 it plays like smurfette is singing...if you get what i mean

Thanks in advance...

 

[Brwmogazos]

come on lads...someone give us a hint

 

[DDave]

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ will allow you to edit mp3's for use as a ringtone, no converting needed.

 

[dave_a141]

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/ will allow you to edit mp3's for use as a ringtone, no converting needed.

beat me to it

 

[Brwmogazos]

Will give it a shot thanks guys