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- My PC has mic inputs already; what do I need to make sound files I can put on my website, software-wise -or do I really need anything else? I don’t need CD quality or MP3 files. I will likely use a tape recorder to initially capture the sound. - MC
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You can actually skip the tape and record directly into your computer using the Sound Recorder program that comes with all versions of Windows. (I presume you’re not a Mac user.)
With a microphone plugged into the Mic or Line In plug on your soundcard, open Sound Recorder (Start/Programs/Accessories/Entertainment/Sound Recorder). The controls are pretty simple, you pretty much just hit the Record button and start talking. If you don’t hear anything on playback, or if the sound is distorted from overamplification, you may have to dink around with your PC’s Volume Control program settings before it comes out right.
Sound Recorder saves your sounds in Wave (*.WAV) format, which means that the sound files will get enormous for recordings more than half a minute long. If you need to wax eloquent, you might want to get an MP3 recording program.
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If you’re running Windows 95/98, you have a little application called ‘sound recorder’.
Start/Programs/Accessories/(either ‘multimedia’ or entertainment’)
with that, you can record short clips… about 10-30 seconds, or sometihng to that effect… the higher the sound quality, the shorter the clip.
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Or, if you’re set on using the tape recorder to get the sound initially, go buy a m/m adapter from Radio Shack. Plug one end into the earphone jack of the tape recorder, and the other into the Mic input of the soundcard. Then you can use sound recorder to make a wav file of the stuff on the tape.
Please note that making sound files on a computer is a copyright violation unless you have the permission of the copyright holder. (Yes, even for your own use. Yes, even for archive purposes. Yes, even if you don’t distribute them. No, it is not fair use. See www.soundbyting.com.))
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Shouldn’t this read " the higher the sound quality, the larger the file that is created"?
The time a clip takes to play needs to be identical in playback in order for it to be reproduced at the same pitch. For the sound file to be shorter, it would either be higher in pitch, or it would be truncated.
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{{{…with that, you can record short clips… about 10-30 seconds, or sometihng to that effect… the higher the sound quality, the shorter the clip.}}}—Glenoled
{{{Shouldn’t this read " the higher the sound quality, the larger the file that is created"?}}}—DVous Means
You’re correct in what you’re saying, but I believe the original intent was one along the lines of addressing the limits placed upon the length of the recorded sound clip by the availability of system resources.
If you want to record a sound clip in a high quality mode, (higher sampling rate, stereo and 16 bit representation) Sound Recorder will default to a shorter permissible clip length, depending upon the currently available system resources (free drive space and system memory). This is also a correct assertion. It’s simply one from a different perspective.
If you want to avoid the limitations of Windows Sound Recorder, you may consider using a shareware program called WHAM:
Waveform Hold And Modify.
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