So it's 2016...what's the best way to sample from YouTube, etc.

[mikebenson]

I use www.offliberty.com to download just the audio, or the entire video...

[deastman]

I used to use Rogue Ameoba Audio Hijack - very nice, it'll hijack audio and record it.

Nowadays I greatly prefer their Loopback program. It works like Hijack, but creates virtual audio interfaces instead of recording. This lets you sample straight from YouTube (or any other program) into your DAW or audio editor. I'm a big fan.

This seems like the best solution for Mac. Having to download the whole file just to sample a snippet is kind of an annoyance. Is there anything equivalent for Windows?

[KenCana]

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I used to use Rogue Ameoba Audio Hijack - very nice, it'll hijack audio and record it.

Nowadays I greatly prefer their Loopback program. It works like Hijack, but creates virtual audio interfaces instead of recording. This lets you sample straight from YouTube (or any other program) into your DAW or audio editor. I'm a big fan.

This seems like the best solution for Mac. Having to download the whole file just to sample a snippet is kind of an annoyance. Is there anything equivalent for Windows?

My tip if you want to just take out a snippet is www.rahndre.com (http://www.rahndre.com) or dirpy. Just set what time span of the clip you want and download. www.rahndre.com (http://www.rahndre.com) is ad free but dirpys adds aren't that confusing when you know them.

[waltercruz]

go nerd

youtube-dl --extract-audio

https://rg3.github.io/youtube-dl/

[_al_]

not sure what a browser add on is.... I use Chrome... link?

Its a free addon for firefox,it puts a little download button below videos,lets you choose various file types

YouTube Video and Audio Downloader is the name

this one stands firm. many firefox addons stop working after a certain amount of time, but this one i' ve had installed longer than any other.

[jancivil]

I use something called 'MacX Youtube Downloader'. Recent versions work quite fast on my system. I kind of hate browser extensions, complicates matters.