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Recording and Playing Sounds in Windows

Last Updated: June 30, 2003

 

 

Windows 95 & 98

Equipment needed

An audio input device, such as a microphone. It is a good idea to test your equipment for volume settings before recording. . If the sound is not loud enough, you can change the volume for the .wav files (which is the file format created by recording a sound) by changing the setting. To do this

  1. Click Start>Settings>Control Panel>Multimedia.
  2. Move the arrow after either record or playback to High.

To record

  1. Open the sound recorder by clicking on the Start button in the lower left of the screen.
  2. Then select Programs/Accessories/Multimedia/Sound Recorder
  3. Click File/New
  4. To begin recording, click the small red circle in the lower right corner.
  5. Click the square to the left of the red circle to stop recording.
  6. On the menu line click on File/Save As and name the file. Be sure you know the folder in which the file has been saved.

To play back

The sound you recorded can be used in a presentation program. To play back the sound in Sound Recorder

  1. Open the file (File/Open)
  2. To play the file, click on the triangle pointing to the right on the bottom of the window.
  3. To use in a presentation program, follow the instructions for the program. Use the help if you have not done this before.

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Windows XP

 

Equipment needed

An audio input device, such as a microphone. It is a good idea to test your equipment for volume settings before recording. . If the sound is not loud enough, you can change the volume for the .wav files (which is the file format created by recording a sound) by changing the setting. To do this

  1. Click Start>Control Panel>Sounds Speech and Audio Devices.
  2. Under Pick a Task click on Adjust the System Volume
  3. For voice, Click the Voice tab and under voice recording click on Volume. Change the setting as necessary.
  4. For sounds, Click on Audio and under sound recording click on volume. Change the setting as needed.

To record

  1. Click on Start>All Programs>Accessories>Entertainment>Sound Recorder
  2. Click on the red circle in the diagram. Image of Sound Recorder Window
  3. Talk into the microphone, or if recording a sound start the sound.
  4. When the recording is completed, click on the square to the left of the circle.
  5. On the menu line click on File/Save As and name the file. Be sure you know the folder in which the file has been saved.

 

To play back

  1. Click on the double arrows pointing to the left (1st button) to rewind.
  2. Click on the single arrow pointing to the right.
  3. To use in a presentation program use the help feature.

 

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