Sound Advice

Recording Sound Files

All PC Mac and Unix operating systems have some form of simple sound recorder built in. So provided you have a sound card, speakers and a microphone for your computer you can record and play back sound.

Windows based PC's use a program called sound recorder and record as .WAV

Files for more than a few seconds of sound will get very large using the .WAV file format. For this reason, some versions of the windows sound recorder are restricted to just 2 minutes of recording time. Even using the lowest quality setting files of more than a few seconds will be too large for general use.

Converting Sound Files

MusicMatch:
A free download that works with both PC Mac is one of many player / recorders that can be downloaded off the Internet.

Convert your .WAV files or record directly into the MP3 File Format. MP3 files can be recorded at different settings to dramatically reduce the file size. Up to 10% with little or no loss of quality

MusicMatch: A free download that works with both PC Mac

Converting and Optimising Sound Files	Recording from CD
	You can also record to MP3 from any sound source Via your computer sound card input!