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Exploring Your Options
Exploring audio features
Recording sounds
You may record sounds as .wav files by connecting an external
microphone or other sound source to the microphone jack.
DEFINITION: A .wav (pronounced "wave") file is a
Windows
Using a microphone
1
Connect an external microphone to the computer.
2
Click Start, point to All Programs, Accessories,
Entertainment, then click Sound Recorder.
Positioning
bar
Sample Sound Recorder screen
3
Click the Record button.
4
Speak normally into the microphone.
5
When you've finished recording, click the Stop button.
The Sound Recorder window displays the new sound file as a
waveform.
NOTE: You can only record 60 seconds at a time.
®
format for storing sound.
Record
Stop
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