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Is there a sound recorder windows update or some sort? All I want to do right now is record voice - but I want a little bit better sound quality by being able to cancel out background noise, have the voice in stereo rather than mono and add a little compression to keep the sounds even and some EQ to make simple tone adjustments so it's not so bassy.
I have just downloaded "Audacity" but it's too complex to just "plug-n-play" so to speak. I'm sure it's great but I don't want to spend 6 months on a learning curve. There don't seem to have any quick start video tutorials - the text tutorials I've read don't help me much.
So, I was wondering if anybody here knew of anything that it simple? Any thoughts?
I have just downloaded "Audacity" but it's too complex to just "plug-n-play" so to speak. I'm sure it's great but I don't want to spend 6 months on a learning curve. There don't seem to have any quick start video tutorials - the text tutorials I've read don't help me much.
So, I was wondering if anybody here knew of anything that it simple? Any thoughts?
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Re: Windows Sound Recorder
Sat, April 4, 2009 - 1:46 PMWhat system are you running? What type of integrated or external sound card is it running?
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Re: Windows Sound Recorder
Sat, April 4, 2009 - 9:59 PMXP I'm just using my integrated sound ...
I've been playing around with "Audacity" for a few days now - I figured a few things out but it's not easy. I mean it's is easy once someone shows you how to do it but it's not clear how operate the thing at first ... -
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Re: Windows Sound Recorder
Mon, June 29, 2009 - 1:04 AMlot depends on which integrated sound your system has.
Typically, though, you configure everything the same. Things like the Soundmax from realtech will detect when a microphone is plugged in and go through little wizard to make sure your plugging it in correctly. With or without it, you can still manually set things up.
Go into control panel (I use classic view) and select the Sounds and Audio Devices. Under the audio tab you have three selections: Default device, Sound recording and Midi. Go to sound recording and select your input device. If you have more than one you will need to do a little trial and error.
Go to the volume tab and select the check box "Place volume icon in the task bar". Click Apply. With Sounds and Audio Devices still open, go down to your taskbar and right click the speaker icon and select "Open Volume control". Under volume control you'll see several sliders and they vary depending on your audio device.
Under options select Properties. You have two choices, Playback and Record. There is a lower box with select boxes. This is how to pick and shoose what volume sliders are available on your mixer. Click record and make sure that Line In and Microphone and both checked. Hell, check everything just to be safe. Click OK.
The mixer will chance and you'll see your sliders for your input levels, along with a "Select" check box under each one. You can typically only record from one source at a time. Click Select for the Microphone. Under options again you should see a selection for Advanced. Click this. You now have an Advanced button under the microphoene slider. This allows you to give an additional boost to your microphone if it needs it. Some do.
You should be able to talk into your mic and hear it coming out your speaker. Again, depends on what hardware you have.
Open up your sound recording software and give it a test. If it works - gratz! If not click the Sounds and Audio Devices windows and go to the Audio tab, try a different Microphone selection, Apply, and try again. Also, go into the Voice tab and select those to the some ones.
A little trial and error should get it working.
Hope this helps.
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