software for recording

deepod

Hi - Good morning, does anybody know of a free voice recording programme. I have some stuff to learn and I would like to put it on disc to use when driving and on my walkman. I have a mic which came with the pc. I am running windows xp with the service pack 2..
Thanks

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1337Bender

The perfect program you are looking for is audacity http://audacity.sourceforge.net . It is very ease to use and has a nice gui. If you're new to audio sowftare they have alot of tutorials to help you out http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/tutorials

dray101

I realise there is a built in voice recorder in XP???

Go [start menu] > All Programs > Accessories > Entertainment > Sound Recorder

it's not very good though... Laughing

werste4

There is another one: http://www.kreatives.org/kristal/. But this is more designed to record and mix music.

pashmina

ya recommend audacity too because its free and an effective software.

jipmerite

Audacity would be the most popular software for such a purpose. I have always wanted to check it out but not had the time yet. Haven't really had a need for it yet. If you do try it out, let us know what you thought of it.

DarkPhoenix

Use Adobe Audition.

It's a good program for recording.

ProtoMan

Even though it is not free, but Advanced Sound Recorder is a very good Sound Recording program. It has many nice features that you may never need (For a complete feature list, go to their homepage www.soundrecorder.net ). I have been using it for some time and it is working very fine for me. I recommend it Smile

MeddlingMonk

I recommend Audacity as well. It is free and not overly complicated. It can export WAV, MP3 and OGG-Vorbis formats (so if you've got a CD-burning program like Nero already, you can make an ordinary audio CD or an MP3 CD). There are many different plugins you can download for Audacity as well, so you can choose which effects you want to have available. The only downside is that its noise-removal effect can introduce distortion, unfortunately. Other than that, it's a good piece of software.

PseudoKnight

Audacity is generally considered the best that I know of despite a few uninuitive features.

On a side-note, with Skype and Ventrilo you can also record conversations if that is at all useful to you. They're slightly compressed, but Skype and Ventrilo have some high quality codec options.