Gateway MX6920 8511264 - User Guide Gateway Notebook - Page 77
Creating audio files and music libraries, Creating music files, Recording WAV audio files
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www.gateway.com Creating audio files and music libraries 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. 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. 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 64. To record a WAV audio file: 1 Plug a microphone into the Microphone jack on your notebook. For the location of the Microphone jack, see your notebook's hardware guide. 2 Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Entertainment, then click Sound Recorder. The Sound Recorder opens. Rewind Play Record Fast Forward Stop 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. Important Some music CDs have copy protection software. You cannot copy tracks from these CDs. Creating WMA and MP3 music files using Windows Media Player Using Windows Media Player, you can copy the tracks from a music CD to your notebook's hard drive as WMA or MP3 files. WMA and MP3 are methods for digitally compressing high-fidelity music into compact files without noticeably sacrificing quality. WMA files end in the file extension WMA, and MP3 files end in the file extension MP3. 69