where is--record what you hear?

[Ernest Burden III]

I used to use a feature of the basic recorder within Windows (probably in the NT4 days, maybe W2K) that would simply record whatever was playing into a certain format. It doesn't seem to be anywhere that I can find in XPpro.

 

One way I had used this was--I had gotten some sound recordings off the web of people speaking in Old and Middle English, and needed to make a CD for my wife to play to her students (she teaches 6th Grade English), but the files were in a weird format. So play the file while running 'record what you hear' set to standard CD settings worked.

 

So where'd it go?

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

are you referring to 'sound recorder'? ...it was definitely nt 4 days. not sure if it records all sounds though. i think it makes basic wav files as an output.

 

start > programs > accessories > entertainment > sound recorder

 

or

 

c:\windows\system32\sndrec32.exe

 

...if that is the right one.

[wilky9]

Well sir, if I follow you, what you want is the "Sound Recorder" found in Accessories/Entertainment/

 

To record at higher quality, click File/Properties/ then in the Format Conversion box, select Recording Formats and Convert Now. Then change the recording quality. If it is not recording the signal you want, select Edit/Audio Properties, and click the Volume button. Select the signal you want to record. I selected Wave/MP3 to record a streaming audio recording off of the internet.

 

Hope this helps. Let me know if I can help any more.

 

chris

[BobM]

It has always been there my students record tracks an take into 3ds max all the time.

[Ernest Burden III]

It has always been there

 

Thanks, but I know where the sound recorder is. The problem is I cannot see any way to make it 'record what you hear', which is something I feel I have done with it, or some earlier version of it, before. Now I can't. There used to be an option for input of 'what you hear' in addition to microphone, line-in, etc.

 

I don't see it anymore in XP. Where'd it go?

[anvaraziz]

hey dude that , record wht u hear option comes only if u have a good audio card like , creative soundblaster platinum or heigher... that option ll not show if u use onboard sound or a normal entry level soundblaster...

 

if ur using any such sound card, try to reinstall those softs comes with driver CD..

[paveu]

I have a standard onboard sound in my machine. For recording anything I hear using mp3directCut (http://www.mpesch3.de/). You only need to install Lame encoder DLL or ACM and it records anything writing to mp3 format.

 

Maybe this helps...

[Crazy Homeless Guy]

Thanks, but I know where the sound recorder is. The problem is I cannot see any way to make it 'record what you hear', which is something I feel I have done with it, or some earlier version of it, before. Now I can't. There used to be an option for input of 'what you hear' in addition to microphone, line-in, etc.

 

I don't see it anymore in XP. Where'd it go?

 

hmmm... i don't remember a button like that. what format is the current fomrat of the audio? ....mp3's were just starting to emerge at the end of nt4's life cycle. so, they may not be supported by sound recorder.

 

a lot of modern cd burning apps, like nero for example, will let drag and drop mp3 audio and tell it to burn it to audio cd format.

[Ernest Burden III]

what format is the current fomrat of the audio?

 

I don't have a current file I'm trying to use, just want to be able to use my uber-easy method to convert anything to CD standard--16bit@44.1 (from memory).

 

record wht u hear option comes only if u have a good audio card like , creative soundblaster platinum or heigher

 

That may explain it, then. I used to use seperate SB sound cards, mid-level, but all my machines now have nVidia motherboard chips for audio. Since I make pictures, I was willing to go cheap on the audio. Of course I'm listening to it all day, and I'm an alledged audiophile, so I defiling myself by stooping so low.

 

Blasted, cursed!