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Other => General Topics => Topic started by: Chim on February 19, 2010, 03:30:10 AM
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Can y'all recommend a Free, Safe, Good Sound Recorder that is easy to use and better than the Windows XP Sound Recorder? Preferably that can record in MP3 format and possibly various formats.
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Audacity is a great software 8)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
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Audacity is good, and there is a portable version as well. The portable version makes it easier to test to see if you like it as once you are done you can simply delete the folder it is contained in, and the machine is left as it was...
One thing though, to export to mp3 you need the lame encoder, which IIRC, is just one .dll
http://portableapps.com/apps/music_video/audacity_portable
http://portableapps.com/support/audacity_portable#lame
-Scott-
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You could also check out jetAudio (http://fileforum.betanews.com/detail/JetAudio-Basic/1037363572/1).
Audio is only one thing it does very well. :)
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Thanks for your recommendations, Chris, Scott and Bob! :)
For now, by default, I'm gonna have to go with trying the Audacity Portable one.
I have Dial Up and JetAudio is a 31 Plus MegaByte Download. Not feasible on my Dial Up. I'd have to wait until one day when I can download it on my neighbors' or my friends' High Speed Internet and save it to my Flash Drive.
And even the regular version of Audacity is a 10.94 MegaByte Download. That's still UP there for my Dial Up.
That leaves the Audacity Portable version at a 2 MegaByte Download as the do-able Download. I'd of course have to also download that Lame dll File to be able to record and save in MP3.
Thanks, Guys! :)
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You're welcome :)
The download size is another benefit of PA.c...
I use many of them on the pc running from the hard drive, just because I find it so much easier :)
(Just remember to run 'AudacityPortable.exe' as that is the launcher that keeps everything in that one folder.)
-Scott-
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I see you do use several of those Portable Apps, Scott.
Okay, I went to download the Lame dll File for the Audacity Portable. Okay, what's up with that Cheesy Homemade-looking page? :o It makes me nervous. Is it legit? It just about looks like some below amateur site that I'm accessing from someone's computer. What the heck exact link am I supposed to click on to download the Lame dll File? I'm afraid I'll click on some bogus link that'll take me to some Virus Jungle.
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The best I can figure out is that I'm supposed to click on this Zip Option that is right below the Donate Button. Is that the correct one?
libmp3lame-win-3.98.2.zip
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Okay, leery as I was with that Cheesy page, I downloaded that Lame dll File and installed it.
I did manage to save the Voice Clip as a MP3 File like I wanted to.
However, something is off somewhere. My Windows Media Player 11 will NOT play it. It tells me that either my Media Player cannot recognize that format or cannot recognize the Codec used to compress the File. Well, it cannot be my Windows Media player NOT recognizing the MP3 format cuz I can play other MP3 Files. So, maybe my Windows Media Player 11 does not recognize the Codec that that Lame dll File used.
Hmmm? My friend used Audacity to record a Voice Clip just like I did and her MP3 File worked on my Windows Media Player 11. The difference is that as per what she tells me, she used some App called Format Factory to convert the wav File to MP3. Anyone familiar with Format Factory? Is it a SAFE App?
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Okay, I finally got it to work all fine. I just needed to fill out the ID Tags or whatever that Info Window is called. I thought that was optional since it was asking for Title, Artist, Type of Music and such. So, I'm good to go now. :)
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So it is all ok now?
That is good to hear :)
Glad you have got it working.
The lame site is genuine, as can be found from the audacity site:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=lame-mp3 --> the download page is the same.
-Scott-
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Yeah, the Portable Audacity is working now.
I'll probably make one tweak tomorrow. I think I need to take that Lame dll File out of its 2 levels of Folders inside the LAME Folder and put it straight up at level 1 in the LAME Folder. This because I understand that only on the 1st time you use Audacity after you install the Lame dll File ... you'll be asked to navigate to the actual File. After that, Audacity should automatically find it. Well, I don't think it's automatically finding it on subsequent uses. I still had to manually navigate to the Lame dll File. So, I'll try to fix that tomorrow.
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Hmmm? My friend used Audacity to record a Voice Clip just like I did and her MP3 File worked on my Windows Media Player 11. The difference is that as per what she tells me, she used some App called Format Factory to convert the wav File to MP3. Anyone familiar with Format Factory? Is it a SAFE App?
I find Format Factory to be very friendly, easy to use, and reliable program, (despite the advertising that comes bundled).
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@ chim
I find it difficult to believe that people in the USA still are on dial up 8)
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@ chim
I find it difficult to believe that people in the USA still are on dial up 8)
Why? It's a big country. Up until 4 years ago, dial up was normal for the community I live in.
At that time the only alternative was Satellite and that was very expensive. ( It still is. )
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Uh Oh! Advertising with Format Factory? :o
What made me a bit leery with Format Factory was the little message in there:
Attention: Some Anti-Virus software were wrong to report virus, Please don't worry.
We promise there are no harmful code in FormatFactory.
I was, "Uh Hmm. What if they ARE a Malware Factory?" :o
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Chim,
What are you talking about ????
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@ bob
Chim is talking about Factory Format, a software that converts .wav to .mp3
Hmm,
The country that invented the Internet has poor internet infrastructure compared to other countries.
Hard thing to believe with Fiber Optics around ::)
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@ Chris Thomas
Just think about the size of the USA and the United Arab Emirates is not as big as one of the lakes there.
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I was not talking about United Arab Emirates
I was talking about India, China, Russia - hard to find dial up users
Countries like Japan and South Korea that have made broadband a national priority are already experiencing the perks of their fiber optic expansion. Average broadband download speeds are hitting 61-megabits per second in Japan, while the average in the United States is only 1.9-megabits per second.2 Even the "fast" connection in the United States of 5-megabits per second requires 15 minutes to download a 4.5 GB movie file, while the average connection in Japan needs just 1.25 minutes.3
http://www.epi.org/economic_snapshots/entry/webfeatures_snapshots_20080423/
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Google analyst: U.S. Internet needs to get faster
http://www.cnn.com/2010/TECH/02/08/google.policy/index.html
United States Internet Speed Is on the Decline [REPORT]
http://mashable.com/2010/01/16/united-states-internet-speed
The inventor of Internet needs to do more to hold their Turf
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Uh Oh! Advertising with Format Factory? :o
You can see the advertising Chim, so it is easy to stay away from it if you want. Just like window shopping, you have to go inside the store before you are compromised.
Otherwise, I'm impressed with Format Factory - and often use it rather than open my Pro file conversion program Leawo.
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@ chim
I find it difficult to believe that people in the USA still are on dial up 8)
Ehhh, it's a give & take. There are a lot of things we have here in the USA that we take for granted and take it as the NORM, yet other countries don't enjoy them. And there are things going on in other countries that we might consider injustices and we find it hard to believe that THOSE are the NORM there.
So yeah, despite my Dial Up, I guarantee you I enjoy other perks here in the USA that Warp Factor High Speed Internet Users in other countries don't enjoy.
Besides, I'm in the American Dial Up Extinction Prevention Society. ;) ;D
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Besides, I'm in the American Dial Up Extinction Prevention Society.
If you enjoy it Chim, you are definitely in the minority. :)