YOU HAVE A FREE WAY TO MAKE DIGITAL FILES USING YOUR OWN COMPUTER
Use SoundRecorder which is a FREE program that lets you record sounds directly onto your hard drive AND you probably have it on your computer right now. This allows you to record sound of almost any length. You can control and adjust the sound level with two sliders for input level and volume. While recording, SoundRecorder writes the data in a temporary file on your hard disk; once you choose to save the sound, the temporary data is written to a final sound file.
IF you don't have it -- Download it for your PC here
Your computer may already have it in your Entertainment folder it's called SoundRecorder and you can use your computer search tool to find it. Copy and paste sndrec32.exe.
1) FIND IT NOW
Go to Start Button on your computer (bottom left side)
- Go to Programs
- Go to Accessories
- Go to Entertainment
- Go to Sound Recorder and click which will launch it.
- Go to Volume Control and make sure everything is on (no checks)
- Click on Help and then Help Topics to find out anything you want to know
- Close Window
2) If you can't find it just download it for your PC here
2) NOW YOU CAN START RECORDING
- Go to Programs
- Go to Accessories
- Go to Entertainment
- Go to Sound Recorder
- Click the red button on the right and RECORD YOUR SONG.
See example of this PDF file - Remember 60 seconds of recorded sound may take up to 5 megabytes of space. Listen to your sample after you have recorded it to make certain it sounds right to you.
3) SAVE YOUR RECORDING
Sound Recorder doesn't export to MP3.
You can also download and record with Freecorder does exactly as it sounds -- it is an easy-to-use FREE software program that lets you record sounds on your PC.
- Records what you hear from your speakers.
- Saves recordings as MP3 files.
- Easy to use.
- You can also record from the microphone or line-in inputs on your PC.
Use Audacity [http://audacity.sourceforge.net] for recording,editing, and compressing to MP3. There is a minimal (though real) learning curve, nicely explained in the included documentation. You'll be able to edit different sections together if you'd like, change the volume levels or remove noise from the recording, export CD-quality WAV files as well as MP3, and much else. It's completely free and works very well on Mac, PC, and Linux.
- Save it as a .wav file to your desk top
- Save it as a .aiff file to your desktop
- Example - thenameofyoursong.wav
- Save it as an AIFF file
- Example thenameofyoursong.aiff
