Sound Recorder
Sound Recorder does just as you might expect: it records sound from your computer’s microphone input. Before you start, select the input channel and recording volume level. To do this, right-click the speaker (Sound) icon at the right end of the taskbar and select Recording Devices. If you’re recording voice, you can click Configure and use the Set Up Microphone Wizard to set a good recording volume level. Otherwise, watch the level indicator in the Sound dialog box to look for a good signal: you want the bar to be bouncing in the middle of the meter, not near the top of the meter.
When the volume level is set, start the Sound Recorder tool and click Start Recording. When you’re done, click Stop Recording and save the resulting ...
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