I'm trying to figure out the best way to record my voice reading stories, to email out to family and friends.
I tried Windows sound recorder, but it always stops recording after about 1 minute. Can't figure out how to get it to record for 20 minutes or so, long enough to read something.
I have Digital Orchestrator Pro, with which I can record myself fine, but it makes .orc files which are huge and not readable without a copy of the program. I can't seem to get it to export to any other type of file. It says it can but then doesn't work. I either get a general protection fault and the program ends or else a quick beep and error dialogue box that just goes away before I can read it, and no file is made.
Does anyone know of a shareware program, maybe? Or some other way I can do this? Probably .mp3 format would be best. Don't need much bandwidth, it's only voice. Probably 10kHz or so would be fine. Maybe 12.
Thanks in advance for your help. Hatrackers know everything.
[ September 09, 2004, 11:05 AM: Message edited by: ak ]
Posted by Shan (Member # 4550) on :
Get a standard battery-operated tape deck, a standard 60-minute cassette tape, and find a concrete hallway (adds a little reverb for warmth).
Press the "Play/record" function, wait about 10 seconds, and begin reading.
Works like a charm.
Mailing a cassette tape should be fairly inexpensive, too -
Posted by Christy (Member # 4397) on :
*giggle* You might try the Audio Record Wizard that's at the bottom of the page. I followed the link and there is a free download.
Haven't used any, but I'm sure there is freeware out there. Here are a bunch.
[ September 09, 2004, 11:56 AM: Message edited by: Christy ]
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
If you want to use the basic Sound Recorder, what you can do is open it up and record with no sound device in use. Record for the 1 minute it defaults to and then save the blank wav file. Then, from the edit menu, select insert file and choose the blank file you just saved. Save again and you will have a 2 minute blank wav. Repeat until you have a file that is long enough for what you want to do and then open the file in Sound Recorder before you hit record.
I had to do this once when I needed to record something on a computer where I couldn't install any software.
You could also use Goldwave. With this you can create a new sound and specify the length you want it to be before you start recording.
Posted by Zevlag (Member # 1405) on :
Solo, what a pain!
AK, I forget what windows sound packages are good. Let me take a look and get back to you...
[ September 09, 2004, 04:33 PM: Message edited by: Zevlag ]
Posted by skillery (Member # 6209) on :
Don't drink milk before recording; it will cause flegm.
Don't eat beans, raw cabbage, eggs, or cheese the night before recording.
Posted by solo (Member # 3148) on :
Yeah it was a pain, but it didn't really take that long, exponential growth and all.
Goldwave really works quite well, but probably has a bit of feature overkill for this purpose.
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