Recording sound with Windows XP?

Question

The sound recorder only records sound for 60 seconds using Windows XP. How can I change this to record longer?

Answer 1

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

use that instead =)

its far better

Answer 2

Yep, it was the same with 95, 98, ME and XP. Why? I guess it's yet another Microsoft gift to the people who paid hundreds of dollars for the garbage they call an operating system.

There are plenty of recorders out there and a lot are free. I just had to have my ten cents worth, but hopefully someone will give you a URL to go to. If not, do a google on "free sound recorder".

Answer 3

I know you can "insert file" and chain recordings together to make longer ones. I am not sure how to extend the default limit.

You should just grab a free sound editing application or better yet, something like Sound Forge. Then you can tweak the recording a thousand different ways and have compte control over the channels individually. Try download.com and search for sound editing.

Answer 4

Any program should work fine (such as sound recorder). All you need to do is set your recording source to the full mix from the sound card. You can do this by Volume Control -> Options -> Properties -> Recording. I have "Wave Out Mix" selected, even though this could be different for yours. (could be stereo mix etc.)

Answer 5

I used to save several one minute wav files using it, and then I would insert those files into a new one, creating a long file, then you can hit record and record over the whole thing.

Answer 6

You can't. There are programs online though that let you record longer such as Audacity, which is a free download.

Answer 7

I did a tutorial for capturing streaming audio with Audacity, it might help you:

http://www.hollandpcservice.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=30