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windows sound recorder?

Apr 22, 2005 12:32AM PDT

The sound recorder in windows xp has a great utility for me---- I can insert any wave file with ease --- I don?t find this in Audacity V 1.2.3 or Goldwave V 5.04----If I am wrong please don?t laugh at my ignorance---- if yes please advice how it is done?

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windows sound recorder
Apr 22, 2005 2:25PM PDT

You are correct about inserting a .wav file in windows sound recorder in fact you can insert several at one time. The downside is you can only record 1 1/2 minutes of sound without creating a batched together file you use for recording. Both of the programs you mentioned are not only players full length recorders (no time limit) and full featured editors. These programs usually require you open the files by opening the program first unless you associate this file type for whatever particular program you are using. You will find quickly the limitations of windows sound recorder with either of these programs.

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windows sound recorder
Apr 23, 2005 4:17AM PDT

There is a method to record for more than 1 minute of time with the windows sound recorder:

Method I:
If you stop recording at any point before reaching the 60 second limit, you can then continue recording and have another 60 seconds of continuous time before Sound Recorder automatically stops. You can repeat this start-stop routine indefinitely if you need to record a long passage as one file.


Method II to increase the maximum recording time in windows Sound Recorder:
1. Make sure your microphone is muted so it will not pick up sound.
2. Click Record, and then let Sound Recorder run for 60 seconds (recording silence).
3. After Sound Recorder stops recording, click Save As on the File menu, and name the file Blank.wav.
4. To increase the maximum recording time in Sound Recorder, click Insert File on the Edit menu, and then insert the Blank.wav file that you saved in step 3. When you do this, the maximum recording time is increased by 60 seconds. You can repeat this step once for each additional minute of recording time that you want to add. For example, for a 5-minute recording time, insert the Blank.wav file five times.

My problem is how can one insert a wave file with one click in the programms I mentioned in my post?

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Inserting Wav file
Apr 26, 2005 3:40PM PDT

Right click the Wav file and select "open with" if you have Audacity installed it should show as an option and select It - otherwise select to search for the program you want to open the file with.