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YouTube gathers millions of audios, from music, soundtracks to audio effects, movie quotes and so on. It is not only the best place for individuals to explore favorite music, podcasts, audiobooks but the biggest library for content creators to discover available audio tracks. Also, most people try to record audio from YouTube for offline listening or content creation. So, can you record audio on YouTube and how? In this article, we will introduce the easiest ways to record YouTube audio on different devices. Read on.
Disclaimer: We do not advocate recording copyrighted music from YouTube for any commercial and illegal use.
How to Record Audio from YouTube on PC
Audio recorder for Windows is always the best solution to record audio from YouTube on PC. It can easily extract audio from YouTube video and save it as a local file on your device. iTop Screen Recorder, the professional screen and audio recorder, drives you to record YouTube audio with no hassles.
iTop Screen Recorder - Record Audio Without Background Noise
- Record system audio or external microphone flawlessly
- Record streaming audio without quality loss
- Remove background noise of audio recording
- Save audio recordings as MP3, AAC, FLAC and WMA
iTop Screen Recorder has an Only Audio recording mode, which is specially designed to capture system audio and microphone. It can flawlessly record streaming audio from any websites, like YouTube, Vevo, Spotify, SoundCloud, Apply Music and so on. It takes full advantage of the most advanced algorithm to maintain lossless quality of audio recording. Moreover, it builds in a denoiser which can reduce and remove background noise from recording to enhance the audio quality. The screen recorder enables you to customize audio settings as well. You can export the recorded YouTube audio to MP3, AAC, FALC edc., and adjust bitrate, frequency, channels according to your needs.
iTop Screen Recorder has an intuitive interface. You can quickly get how to use it without guesswork. Now, follow the guide to record YouTube audio on PC.
How to Record Audio on YouTube with iTop Screen Recorder
Step 1. Download and install iTop Screen Recorder on your PC. It is fully compatible with Windows 11, 10, 8 and 7.
Step 2. Launch iTop Screen Recorder and set the preference. Go to Settings > Format > Audio. Choose a format and adjust other parameters if needed. Click Save.
Step 3. Back to the main interface.
- Go to Record > Only Audio.
- Turn on Speaker and turn off Mic to record audio from YouTube without interrupting sounds.
- Now, play the YouTube video you want to record audio from. Click REC to start recording.
Step 4. 3-second countdown later, a recording progress bar appears. Click Done button to stop recording at any time you want.
The recorded YouTube audio file will be automatically saved to Files > Audio. From here, you can play, edit (for example, trim audio), upload the audio recording at will.
iTop Screen Recorder works as the best voice recorder for Windows as well. You can record your voice for creating a song cover, a podcast, a voice over etc., through microphone. Also, voice changer feature enables you to change your voice from male to female, female to male, or use robotic voice to protect your identity.
How to Record Audio from YouTube on Mac
QuickTime Player is a preinstalled program enabling you to record audio from YouTube on Mac. But the poor quality and limited features urge people to seek for a more powerful screen recorder for Mac. Filmora Video Editor, the all-in-one video recording and editing software, is a good choice. The steps to record YouTube audio on Mac are as follows.
Step 1. Download the App and launch it. Create a "New Project".
Step 2. Click the "Record" and choose the "Record PC Screen" option.
Step 3. It allows you to choose from 3 recording screens, Full Screen, Target Window, and Custom Screen. Remember to make sure your microphone is on. Click the “Settings” icon and customize your recording settings.
Step 4. After setting, tap the record button. The screen recording will start after 5 seconds.
Step 5. Find the video you just record in media library. Export it as MP3. You can edit the video or audio if you need. Just put it on the timeline.
How to Record Audio from YouTube on iPhone
There are 2 capable ways that you can use on iPhone when talking about how to record YouTube audio. Let's check out the first one.
Way 1. Use the built-in screen recoding function to record YouTube Audio on iPhone.
Step 1. Open the Setting, find the Control Center. Add the "Screen Recording" button into your Control Center.
Step 2. Make sure that your microphone is on.
Step 3. Click the Screen Recording button, and the recording will start after 3 seconds. At the same time, you should open the video or audio that you want to record and play it. What's more, the recording will be saved in your Photos where you can edit it.
Step 4. Airdrop the video to Mac and open it with QuickTime Player. Go to File and choose Export As > Audio Only.
Way 2. Use online audio downloader to Rip Audio from YouTube.
When people searching how to record YouTube audio on iPhone, they tend to get the song used in videos. There is another way to get the audio, using YouTube audio downloading websites. There are many advantages of using websites. It is easy to use, just copy and paste. You do not have to download anything, and it costs no money.
Here takes Billie Eilish's music video as an example. Let's check out how to use it.
Step 1. Open the YouTube web page in Safari and copy the link of the video you like by long-press the address bar.
Step 2. Open YouTubetoMP3 Converter. Paste the link that you just copied in the search bar and tap Go button.
Step 3. Tap Convert button. The audio will be download.
How to Record Audio from YouTube on Android
Some Android phones have built-in screen recorders. You can easily record videos and audios. Considering that some Android phones do not have screen recorders, it is recommended to use websites or apps to record YouTube audio on Android. Just like mentioned in the last part, the main purpose of people searching how to record YouTube audio on android is to get this audio. Download audios directly are simpler and faster.
VidPaw is another great site for you to record YouTube audio. It is free and safe to use. The site has its own App and it is available on Mac. Despite the outstanding record YouTube audio service, it can download Audiobook from YouTube. VidPaw for Mac is a good choice to help you convert YouTube videos to MP3. The process of getting audios is basically the same as using the last website in the above part.
Step 1. Find the video you need in the web version of YouTube, and copy its link.
Step 2. Paste the link in VidPaw’s search bar. Tap the “Download MP3” button and you can get the audio.
Bonus - Can You Download Audio from YouTube
Alternative to recording audio from YouTube, you can also rip your favorite songs, soundtracks and other audios from offline listening through YouTube downloader extensions. Tampermonkey, the most popular userscript manager available for Chrome, Microsoft Edge, Safari, Opera Next, and Firefox, can drive you to quickly rip YouTube audio.
Here takes Google Chrome as an example, and let's see how does it help you rip audio from YouTube.
Step 1. Find Tampermonkey in the Chrome Web Store, or in its official website – tampermonkey.net. Add it into your chrome.
Step 2. Click its logo in the upper right corner of your chrome. Then choose “Find new scripts”.
Step 3. Choose 1 of the 4 websites and open it.
Step 4. Search "YouTube audio download", and you will see many scripts, just install the one you need.
Step 5. Play the video that you like and you will see a download button. Just tap it and choose the format you need.
Although you don't need to install a program to record music from YouTube using extension, you should face the following troubles.
- It costs much time for ripping a soundtrack from video for poor and unstable network.;
- The extension unexpectedly stops working or crash with no reason.
- It outputs low audio quality.
Therefore, we recommend you to record YouTube audio using iTop Screen Recorder to get high-quality audio file easily and quickly. It delivers great performance and better experience as well as help you finish more recording tasks on PC.
The Bottom Line
Recording YouTube audio is a great way to quickly get amazing songs or soundtracks without taking lots of time to search online. iTop Screen Recorder provides an easy way to record audio from YouTube on PC. It uses an audio recording mode to capture sounds only without quality loss. Denoiser can further help remove background noise to enhance the quality. What's more, it builds in a video editor to cut, merge, split audio files as well as help adding the recorded YouTube audio file to a new video with ease. And, if you try to record YouTube music on Mac, iPhone or Android, programs introduced here can perfectly satisfy you.
iTop Screen Recorder - Record Audio Without Background Noise
- Record system audio or external microphone flawlessly
- Record streaming audio without quality loss
- Remove background noise of audio recording
- Save audio recordings as MP3, AAC, FLAC and WMA
