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5 Using Sound on Your PC Recording Your Voice Recording Your Voice By creating your own sound recordings, you can customize your computer sounds, embed speech in documents, or create a sound track for a presentation. The programs you use, for example to create a presentation, will give you detailed instructions in how to use the recordings. You can record a portion of speech as follows: 1 Click the Start button on the taskbar. 2 Select Programs, then Accessories, then Multimedia, then Sound Recorder. You can apply some simple effects-reverse and echo-to your wave file. Use the playback buttons and the slider to play any part of the file. You can record through your microphone, from a MIDI file (play using Media Player), or from another source such as a CD (use CD Player). 3 To begin recording through the microphone in your headset, click the record button stop button . . To finish recording, click the 4 To adjust the recording level, double-click the speaker symbol in the taskbar. This displays the Volume Control program. Now, in Volume Control, select Properties from the Options menu, then click Recording instead of Playback. Adjust the recording level by moving the slider labeled Microphone. 5 You can choose the optimum recording level by selecting automatic gain control ("AGC"). This is available by clicking the Advanced button by the Microphone slider. 6 To save the file, select Save from the Sound Recorder's File menu and enter a file location and name. Save the file as a wave file (*.wav). 77

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Using Sound on Your PC
Recording Your Voice
Recording Your Voice
By creating your own sound recordings, you can customize your computer sounds, embed speech in documents, or
create a sound track for a presentation. The programs you use, for example to create a presentation, will give you
detailed instructions in how to use the recordings. You can record a portion of speech as follows:
1
Click the Start button on the taskbar.
2
Select Programs, then Accessories, then Multimedia, then Sound Recorder.
3
To begin recording through the microphone in your headset, click the record button
. To finish recording, click the
stop button
.
4
To adjust the recording level, double-click the speaker symbol
in the taskbar. This displays the Volume Control
program. Now, in Volume Control, select Properties from the Options menu, then click Recording instead of Playback.
Adjust the recording level by moving the slider labeled Microphone.
5
You can choose the optimum recording level by selecting automatic gain control (“AGC”). This is available by clicking
the Advanced button by the Microphone slider.
6
To save the file, select Save from the Sound Recorder’s File menu and enter a file location and name. Save the file as a
wave file (*.wav).
You can apply some simple
effects—reverse and echo—to
your wave file.
You can record through your
microphone, from a MIDI file (play
using Media Player), or from
another source such as a CD (use
CD Player).
Use the playback
buttons and the slider to play any part of the file.