Total Recorder, which isn't free (costs $11.95 US to register) isn't needed for Clinton's dilemma. The programs excerpted by JohnInKansas above would do the job. The only thing a recorder is needed for is to get the file on the hard disk, and TR isn't needed for that, any recorder would do. Besides, since Clinton mentioned MP3 files, they probably would already be on his hard drive. The main use of TR is to record streaming audio from the net through software, since the sound card would already be tied up playing the audio.

One nice thing about Pacemaker is that it will speed up or slow down the playback without changing pitch, change pitch without changing the playback speed or any combination of these two. I use it regularly for changing music done by female vocalists into a key comfortable for me, as well as slowing things down for practice purposes.