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John Gregory
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      30th Dec 2005
I'm trying to make a voice recording on a CD and was told in another forum I'd
need to download Windows Encoder 9. After doing so, I started to follow his
instruction to create a new folder on my desktop but was interrupted by a
wizard that wanted me to configure an audio device. I assume that was the
microphone I plugged into the computer a few days ago. The wizard lists the
following choices:


1) (default audio device)
2) SB Audigy Audio (DF00)
3) Model #0 Line Record
4) Multichannel Wave Source

What do I select to configure, the default audio device? It's strange that
this wizard never popped up until I installed Encoder 9. Shutdown and
restarted the machine numerous times since that microphone was plugged in..


 
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MixMasterJ
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      30th Dec 2005
If the mike is in your sound blaster card, then you want to select SB
Audigy.

On another note, if you want to record audio, you don't need Encoder. I
don't even know what that is, and I record my lectures all the time.

I used to have a standard audio mike I bought from Radio Shack to tape
myself . I then fed the tape player into the Sound Blaster card and used a
program called Cool Edit Pro to copy the tape to the proper format on my
comp.

But you should not have to buy any other software. Your mike should have
come with some software to allow you to record. Look under Sound and Audio
devices in Control Panel. You need to do that anyway and go into the
Advanced tab to make sure you don't have anything muted there that would
keep you from hearing the wav file when played back.

Another quick and easy way to get audio on your computer--although it does
not sound great--is to record yourself using a digital camera and then
transfer it to your comp. Some cameras allow it to already be transferred to
your comp as an mp3 file. Otherwise, you could probably use Windows Media
Player to copy the file from your computer to CD.


"John Gregory" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> I'm trying to make a voice recording on a CD and was told in another forum
> I'd need to download Windows Encoder 9. After doing so, I started to
> follow his instruction to create a new folder on my desktop but was
> interrupted by a wizard that wanted me to configure an audio device. I
> assume that was the microphone I plugged into the computer a few days ago.
> The wizard lists the following choices:
>
>
> 1) (default audio device)
> 2) SB Audigy Audio (DF00)
> 3) Model #0 Line Record
> 4) Multichannel Wave Source
>
> What do I select to configure, the default audio device? It's strange that
> this wizard never popped up until I installed Encoder 9. Shutdown and
> restarted the machine numerous times since that microphone was plugged
> in..
>
>



 
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Brian Gaff
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      30th Dec 2005
Well, older versions of the Soundblaster had a recorder as a stand alone
proglet, and it offered source selection as well. On machines that have this
made over complex, you could download Goldwave, which has a built in
recorder and editor. Then again there are many utilities that record
directly into mp3, I've used the recording function of CDEXutive for this
quite successfully.

Many sound cards seem to have an auto level system, OK, enable it, but don't
use it to do anything but stop overrecordings, as its law is crap.

Record lower than you need, you can maximise it later in Goldwave.

Brian

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"MixMasterJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> If the mike is in your sound blaster card, then you want to select SB
> Audigy.
>
> On another note, if you want to record audio, you don't need Encoder. I
> don't even know what that is, and I record my lectures all the time.
>
> I used to have a standard audio mike I bought from Radio Shack to tape
> myself . I then fed the tape player into the Sound Blaster card and used a
> program called Cool Edit Pro to copy the tape to the proper format on my
> comp.
>
> But you should not have to buy any other software. Your mike should have
> come with some software to allow you to record. Look under Sound and Audio
> devices in Control Panel. You need to do that anyway and go into the
> Advanced tab to make sure you don't have anything muted there that would
> keep you from hearing the wav file when played back.
>
> Another quick and easy way to get audio on your computer--although it does
> not sound great--is to record yourself using a digital camera and then
> transfer it to your comp. Some cameras allow it to already be transferred
> to your comp as an mp3 file. Otherwise, you could probably use Windows
> Media Player to copy the file from your computer to CD.
>
>
> "John Gregory" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I'm trying to make a voice recording on a CD and was told in another
>> forum I'd need to download Windows Encoder 9. After doing so, I started
>> to follow his instruction to create a new folder on my desktop but was
>> interrupted by a wizard that wanted me to configure an audio device. I
>> assume that was the microphone I plugged into the computer a few days
>> ago. The wizard lists the following choices:
>>
>>
>> 1) (default audio device)
>> 2) SB Audigy Audio (DF00)
>> 3) Model #0 Line Record
>> 4) Multichannel Wave Source
>>
>> What do I select to configure, the default audio device? It's strange
>> that this wizard never popped up until I installed Encoder 9. Shutdown
>> and restarted the machine numerous times since that microphone was
>> plugged in..
>>
>>

>
>



 
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Andrew Murray
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      3rd Jan 2006
In any case, Sound Blaster cards come with a host of audio and editing tools
that should accomplish what you want.

"MixMasterJ" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:6Abtf.37602$(E-Mail Removed)...
> If the mike is in your sound blaster card, then you want to select SB
> Audigy.
>
> On another note, if you want to record audio, you don't need Encoder. I
> don't even know what that is, and I record my lectures all the time.
>
> I used to have a standard audio mike I bought from Radio Shack to tape
> myself . I then fed the tape player into the Sound Blaster card and used a
> program called Cool Edit Pro to copy the tape to the proper format on my
> comp.
>
> But you should not have to buy any other software. Your mike should have
> come with some software to allow you to record. Look under Sound and Audio
> devices in Control Panel. You need to do that anyway and go into the
> Advanced tab to make sure you don't have anything muted there that would
> keep you from hearing the wav file when played back.
>
> Another quick and easy way to get audio on your computer--although it does
> not sound great--is to record yourself using a digital camera and then
> transfer it to your comp. Some cameras allow it to already be transferred
> to your comp as an mp3 file. Otherwise, you could probably use Windows
> Media Player to copy the file from your computer to CD.
>
>
> "John Gregory" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:(E-Mail Removed)...
>> I'm trying to make a voice recording on a CD and was told in another
>> forum I'd need to download Windows Encoder 9. After doing so, I started
>> to follow his instruction to create a new folder on my desktop but was
>> interrupted by a wizard that wanted me to configure an audio device. I
>> assume that was the microphone I plugged into the computer a few days
>> ago. The wizard lists the following choices:
>>
>>
>> 1) (default audio device)
>> 2) SB Audigy Audio (DF00)
>> 3) Model #0 Line Record
>> 4) Multichannel Wave Source
>>
>> What do I select to configure, the default audio device? It's strange
>> that this wizard never popped up until I installed Encoder 9. Shutdown
>> and restarted the machine numerous times since that microphone was
>> plugged in..
>>
>>

>
>



 
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