recording sound

[jellybelly]

i want to add a audio "welcome" to my frontpage 2003 site.

I know (obviously) that I need to buy a microphone to
record my message.

But is there a cool freeware or shareware program that
anyone knows about that records and manipulates the sound
in interesting ways that would create a file that could
then be used on my web.

what file format do folks recommend for the final sound
product?

thanks,
jelly

 

[Steve Easton]

Sure, it's right in Windows and it's called Sound Recorder.
Start >Programs > Accessories > Entertainment ( Multimedia in some versions ) > Sound Recorder.

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[David Baxter]

suggestion: if you insist on doing this, don't have it start
automatically - just put a link there for people to start it if they
want to hear it...

 

[Guest]

Try doing a google search. I'm sure someone out there already has such a file ready-made.

 

[Andrew Murray]

you sound card should come with bundled software for this purpose - .e.g.
Soundblaster. comes with 'basic' editors/wave creators and so on.

 

[Andrew Murray]

Its the same principle for Flash introductions; a link for "skip intro" should be
provided for those that do not
want to wait 25 minutes for the thing to download first.

 

[Kevin Spencer]

Or try using the Windows Sound Recorder, which comes with every installation
of Windows.

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Kevin Spencer
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Microsoft MVP
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of lots of little things.

 

[Larry Bud]

i want to add a audio "welcome" to my frontpage 2003 site.

Please don't. I know it's fun to play around with colors, and flashing
letters, and wacky graphics, but it make a site horribly annoying and
you'll end up chasing away visitor.

The best advice I've ever heard for designing a website is to ask
yourself "What would Amazon do?" Would amazon put a sound file that
is jammed down the throat of a potential customer? No way.