Recording Sound Files and Adding them to your DP

Adapted from www.cortland.edu/flteach/mm-course/sound.html

For McIntosh users, try www.auburn.edu/~mitrege/knowledge/audio.html

The sound card in a computer can create sound, process sound from input sources, and send sound to output destinations. A sound recorder may capture sound from a microphone (mic in) or from an audio device (line in).  It is possible to control which source will be used by opening the multimedia accessory called volume control.

1. Go to start / programs / accessories / entertainment/ volume control.  This utility controls the output or playback volume of a number of devices (microphone, line in, CD audio, midi, wave).

2. Resetting the optionsàproperties from playback to recording. Select the input source as mic, line in, CD, or midi.  If you are recording from a microphone, check that the mic is selected here.

3. The simplest way to make a recording using Windows' built-in tools is to open the multimedia accessory. Open start / programs / accessories / entertainment/ Sound Recorder.

Make sure you have a microphone connected to the correct connection (the pink outlet).

4. Click on the red recording dot to begin. Click the black rectangle to stop. Preview the recording.

5. When you have finished recording, save the file into an appropriate folder (like your DP folder).

6. You can then make a direct hyperlink to your audio file. Higlight what you are going to hyperlink, right-click, Hyperlink, browse to your audio file.