Sound Recorder
Wed, 02/06/2008 - 17:17 — Ciprian
Sound Recorder is a very simple application that allows users to record and save sound on their computers. Recording sound is very easy: all you need is a sound card and a microphone that is plugged into it. By default, the recorded sounds will be saved as a Windows Media Audio (WMA) file.
Where to find Sound Recorder
The Sound Recorder shortcut can be found in Start -> Accessories.
Alternatively, you can search for the word 'sound' in the Start Menu search box.
How to record sound
Once you have started Sound Recorder check that your microphone is plugged into the sound card. Also, don't forget to check its sound level in the Volume Mixer. If it is on mute you won't be able to record anything.
When you are ready, click on the Start Recording button.
To stop or pause the recording, click on the Stop Recording button.
A new window will pop-up asking you to type the file name and the location where the recording will be saved. In this window you can also specify information such as the artist name or the album (if it is the case). If you want to save the recording in another folder than the default one, click on the Browse Folders arrow.
Go to the desired location and click on the Save button.
If you close the previous window without saving the file, you will have the option to resume your recording. Click on the Resume Recording button and continue.
When finished, click on the Stop Recording button again and save your recording.
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Volume Mixer
Disable the Windows Vista Startup Sound
Disable the System Beep
Pimp My Windows Vista: How to change your sound scheme
The Windows Speech Recognition Guide
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Comments
lol, i love how you tried to
lol, i love how you tried to sound smart. you cant cut up the audio files and manipulate them in vista like you could in XP, and even if you CAN do all that in vista, all you did is bash the other guy and provide no solution or proof that you can do that. Try actually reading and educating yourself before you make yourself look like a prick
others shortcomings
youre full o' crap!! vista's sound recorder doesnt open or edit!!! the real shortcoming is in your head!!!! JERK
Vista Sound Recorder
Your comment is not helpful. I too think the Vista Sound Recorder is a step backwards. Please offer evidence of your claim. Otherwise your boastful comment is just unsubstantiated retoric. I'm reading here to educate myself. You no help.
lol 2
I find it hilarious that lazy software developers don't design full-featured applications to match the previous ones in a user-friendly manner, so that some chump has to read the "secret special way" to do it in some book, or pay some other schmo for a certification in it, and thereby make fun of people who have more to do in a day besides drudge through tech-books so that they feel themselves of the "technical elite".
But the real purpose is so said techie-geeks will have a job to do in showing people how to do what they could do before, and get paid for it. Gotta keep that economy going! LOL
Audacity
Try a program called Audacity. You'll never use sound recorder again.
no more programs
i just want to chop up an audio file to use as a ringtone. i don't want to have to download *another* program just for that, and has god only knows what viruses are attached to it! when on xp i could do it in an instant with the feature already in my apps. and i don't want to pay anything for an mp3 ringtone i already own that's not even cut in the right section i want. what a pain in the ass, i'd rather hook up my xp and not worry about it. how silly it is that this one little feature went backwards. don't they listen to the consumer??
How come?
Why doesn't Vista have the same old version of Sound Recorder with all the funny features such has speeding up or slowing down music and inverting? That's so disappointing.
Also, why is recording sounds directly from my computer illegal? That's absurd.
Vista sound recorder crashes my computer
My Vista Home Premium sound recorder running on a Toshiba Satellite 210 keeps crashing my machine every time I click on the recorder tab. The same thing happened when I downloaded a recorder program called Freecorder and clicked on the record tab. After I updated my Skype and tried the test ring tab, the computer crashed again. I have checked for updates to Vista and to my Realtek sound card (drivers etc) but that didn't help. All other sound features work fine: CD Player, DVD, iTunes, Media Player. The problem is specific to the recorder.
This happened just after I redorded a message through my laptop mic. I was successful there, but then the crashes began.
The recorder works fine on my desktop computer???
Snowed in on the North Shore of Lake Ontario, Canada in more ways than one.
Any suggestions?
Well I have vista and am
Well I have vista and am trying to figure out how to change this back to the "unnchipmunk" way. i dont remember hitting anything and there are 0 settings that I can find does anyone know how to make it normal again
record from application
ok, this sound recorder is no brainer, BUT why not make it record from applications too? like radio shows, video games, movies...MAC has an equivalent application. Why not make the SR up to par with that of competition?
disappointed...
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