Windows 10 & 11 · Audio recorder
Record anything your PC plays.
Capture the sound coming out of your speakers exactly as you hear it. One click to record, simple trims and fades, then save MP3 up to 320 kbps or lossless WAV.
7-day free trial · then $2.99 once · no subscription
How it works
Three steps, one window. Most recordings are done and saved inside a minute.
Step one · Record
The panel at the top watches your system audio and shows a live level meter, so you know the sound is reaching the app before you start. Hit Start recording and it captures whatever is playing — a track, a video call, a stream, a game — with pause and resume if you need to step away.
Step two · Edit
Flip the Modify switch and the waveform becomes an editor. Drag to select, then trim the start or end, keep just the selection, or cut it out entirely. Copy and paste move sections around, the corner dots set fade in and out, and undo and redo cover every step.
Step three · Export
Set the level with the volume slider or let Normalize do it, then pick your format: MP3 from compact up to 320 kbps, or WAV at 16, 24 or 32-bit. The app shows the finished size before you commit, and Selection only exports just the part you highlighted.
7-day free trial · then $2.99 once · no subscription
All features
No virtual cables to install, no routing to configure, no microphone in the loop. Open it, press record, and you have the sound.
A live meter tells you sound is actually playing before you commit. Press record, pause and resume as you like, and stop when you're done.
Captured straight from the system mixer at full quality. Nothing is normalised, compressed or "enhanced" on the way in unless you ask for it.
Trim the top and tail, cut a section out, copy and paste, and drag the corner handles for fades in and out. Normalise the level in one click.
MP3 all the way up to 320 kbps when you want a small file, or WAV at 16, 24 or 32-bit when you want every bit of what you recorded.
Both themes are first-class, and the app remembers which one you picked. One toggle in the title bar switches between them.
No account, no sign-in, no uploads. Audio is processed in memory on your machine and written only where you choose to save it.
Light and dark
Dark mode isn't an inverted filter bolted on at the end — the whole interface is drawn for it. Switch from the title bar whenever you like; the app opens the way you left it.
Sound Capture Pro has no account, no sign-in, no analytics and no servers of ours to talk to. It reads your system audio through the standard Windows capture interface, processes it in memory, and writes a file only when you export one — to the folder you pick. We never receive your audio.
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No plans to compare and nothing renewing in the background.
$0for 7 days
The complete app, with nothing held back, so you know it does the job before you pay.
Full version
$2.99one-time purchase
Keep it for good after the trial. One payment, yours to keep, no subscription.
Sold through the Microsoft Store, which handles payment and updates
Works on:Windows
FAQ
No. Sound Capture Pro records system audio through the standard Windows capture interface, so there are no virtual cables to install and no routing to configure. Open it and press record.
No. It records what your PC plays through its speakers or headphones: a track, a video call, a stream, a game. Your microphone is never part of the recording.
MP3 up to 320 kbps, or WAV at 16, 24 or 32-bit. Selection only exports just the part you highlighted, and the app shows the finished file size before you save.
No. There is a 7-day free trial, then a one-time $2.99 purchase through the Microsoft Store. Updates come through the store at no extra cost.
No. There is no account, no sign-in and no analytics. Audio is processed in memory on your PC and saved only to the folder you pick.
Record any sound your PC plays.
7-day free trial · then $2.99 once · no subscription