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CHAPTER 7: Using Your Software
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Creating audio files and music libraries
Creating music files
You can create several types of audio files for your listening enjoyment,
including WAV, MP3, and WMA files.
Recording WAV audio files
Sound recorder is a simple Windows program that lets you record and play WAV
files. WAV is the most common audio file format used for your Windows system
sounds. For information about playing WAV files, see
“Playing WAV audio files”
on page 62 .
To record a WAV audio file:
Help & Support
For more information about making or
playing an audio recording, click
Start ,
then click Help and Support. Type the
phrases recording audio or playing
audio in the Search box, then click the
arrow.
1
Plug a microphone into one of the Microphone jacks on your computer.
For the location of the Microphone jacks, see your computer’s hardware
reference.
2
Click Start , All Programs , Accessories , Entertainment , then click Sound
Recorder . The Sound Recorder opens.
3
Click (record), then speak into the microphone.
4
When you finish recording, click (stop).
5
Click File , then click Save As . The Save As dialog box opens.
6
Name the recording, specify the location where you want to save the
recording, then click
Save . The recording is saved.
Rewind
Fast Forward
Play
Stop
Record
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