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
playback
i got this cord that's supposed to give live playback through your computer's speakers from a guitar. the microphone driver works, but the playback driver doesn't, or i cant figure out the settings i need. i thought maybe i could get sound recorder to do live playback of whatever audio it was receiving, but to no avail. anyone had this problem? maybe someone can tell me how to do ether of these things...
Vista Sound Recorder BLOWS!!
I agree with Noswad, the Vista OS shows how retarded the people at Microsoft have become. "read and educate yourself" you say? Ha~! why should I have to?
Microsoft lost the basic common sense of what "Intuitive and eas of use" means. The point is, we shouldn't have to go and dig for every answer. We should be able to do it the same way we did in other MS OS versions.
My Microphone should be able to be added to Volume Mixer the same way we did it in XP in "Control Panel". Also, the Sound Recorder should just work the way it did in XP.
Vista sound recorder does not work
I prefer the earlier versions of sound recorder
Vistas says I dont have one.Also do see with
the box that came up you can not compress
wav files
Help!
Where can I re-download the Sound Recorder? I accidentally deleted it!
Stop complaining about 'complaining'
People with nothing better to do and moreover, nothing intelligent to offer, whine about users 'complaining' about the crap that M$ shoves down our throats.
By the way, Audacity's too complicated and I find that it does NOT produce a wav file that can be used on vista's media files (startup wav). That, or just more broken crap on vista (usually via so called updates crammed down our throats (nearly always hiding more and more spyware and anti copying tweaks intended to subvert legitimate copying programs).
Norton's NIS 2009) is the worst offender, often failing to startup for users who attempt to manage updates themselves, especially after updating defs when thereafter, it error as 8404, 4 (supposedly meaning it needs uninstalled and re-installed), when in actuality, users merely need to shutdown, re-boot loading only drivers and then NIS 2009 works again (I use the term 'works' loosely there just as when I refer to Windows 'working').
Even submitting NIS 2009 support request failed to resolve such a simple issue, nor did they so much as post an FAQ on this (as it I'm certain reduces the paid support revenue they devise by injecting this bug).
There, now whine about that.
Can't find sound recorder under accessories
Hello,
I can not find sound recorder under accessories.
This is strange as I used that once before and now I am not able to find it.
Thanks,
Simon
can i have head phones on
can i have head phones on while trying to record sound? I can do it without head phones but no with it.
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