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# Record perfect audio from Youtube or others

Recently Youtube and other major media outlets have made is amlost impossible to download or capture audio. No worry, there is an easy workaround using Audacity and Pulse audio.

Here are the steps:

<span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">**Install Necessary Tools:**  
If not already installed, open your terminal and run:  
`sudo apt-get install audacity pavucontrol`</span>

<span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">Mute your microphone in system settings</span>

<span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">Open the video you want to record and start playing it</span>

Open <span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">**PulseAudio Volume Control**<span class="Yjhzub"> and in the playback tab you should see the audio being monitored.</span></span>

<span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">[![pulseaudio.jpg](https://docs.impressto.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-03/scaled-1680-/vYwpulseaudio.jpg)](https://docs.impressto.ca/uploads/images/gallery/2026-03/vYwpulseaudio.jpg)</span>

<span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">**Configure Audacity:**</span>

<span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">Open Audacity.</span>

<span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">In the audio setup toolbar (or preferences), set the Host to **ALSA**.</span>

<span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">Set the Recording Device to **pulse** or **default**.</span>

<span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">**Configure PulseAudio Volume Control:**</span>

<span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">Open **PulseAudio Volume Control** (pavucontrol) from your application menu.</span>

<span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">Start recording in Audacity (click the red record button).</span>

<span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">Quickly go to the **Recording** tab in pavucontrol.</span>

<span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">Find Audacity in the list and change its input from the microphone to **"Monitor of..."** (e.g., *Monitor of Built-in Audio Analog Stereo*).</span>

<span class="T286Pc" data-processed="true" data-sfc-cb="" data-sfc-cp="">**Record:**</span>

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