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Exploring Your Options
Exploring audio features
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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
format for storing sound.
TECHNICAL NOTE: If you record MP3 files, you will only be
able to play them on a device capable of playing MP3 files.
Using a microphone
1 Connect an external microphone to the computer.
2 Click Start, point to All Programs, Accessories,
Entertainment, then click Sound Recorder.
Sample Sound Recorder screen
3 Click the Record button.
4 Speak normally into the microphone.
5 When you have finished recording, click the Stop button.
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