Any good programs for recording short sound clips?

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Abe

What I am looking for is to record short, 20 to 30 second clips of songs off
cd or mp3s on my hard drive, to use with photo slide shows.

tks
 
I need a similar program but the opposite extreme. Will this let me record
2 or 3 hours?

Thanks... Bob
 
Why not use what you already have...Windows Sound Recorder.


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dadiOH's dandies v3.0...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
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Get it at http://www.gbronline.com/xico/
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Yes, I know. That's why I replied to Abe rather than you...he was
looking for 20-30 seconds.

In your case, you can use it by making a file >= the size you want and
recording on top of it. Or use just about any wave editor. Or CDex.

dadiOH
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Why not use what you already have...Windows Sound Recorder.
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This might depend on if the soundcard is full duplex and things like
that, I can imagine having cd player going and then recapturing the
output in sound recorder, that said sound recorder on my version of
windows (is windows isn't it ? <g>) can't open mp3's even with the
appropriate codec present since it's just not designed to ?

I'd take a look at Exact Audio Copy (or CDex), EAC's my favourite so
heres the link to that: http://www.exactaudiocopy.de/ , that records a
track from CD to wave, for mp3 to wave you might need the LAME mp3
encoder...

LAME can be found at, http://mitiok.cjb.net/ or http://mitiok.ma.cx/ ,
and Razorlame here http://www.dors.de/razorlame/index.php . I find
having these two the easiest way to encode/decode mp3's, you can also
decode mp3's with winamp using it's wave writer plugin. Razorlame is
an interface to lame which normally has only a command line interface
and no graphical one (GUI). Put a copy of Lame.exe in Razorlames
folder and in EAC's folder and set the options for each program. You
can find extensive help on this page:
http://radified.com/Destinations/most_popular.htm , and it looks as
though a poster by the name of DadiOh has written a very nice help
file covering not just Lame and Eac but MP3 in general, and the link
was included in his signature file http://www.gbronline.com/xico/

AND, a wave editor, Audacity... perhaps ? :o)
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

Anyhow, yes it might look complex at first but you'll find you'll be
able to do a lot from inside EAC once it's configured, for example you
can tell it to record from the soundcard and you can launch your wave
editor, and things like that. Having better tools that can manage
several things is more ideal if you have the time to understand them.
 
msd13 said:
It doesn't have to open them, just record what is going through the
sound card. Which it does...because that is what it is meant to do.
To do so...
1. Load what is to be recorded into a player
2. Open Sound Recorder and press "Record"
3. Start the player playing.

I suggested it because I saw no point in complicating the OP's life
when he already had a program that would do exactly what he wanted.

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dadiOH
________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.0...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://www.gbronline.com/xico/
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: Abe wrote:
: >> What I am looking for is to record short, 20 to 30 second clips of
: >> songs off cd or mp3s on my hard drive, to use with photo slide
: >> shows.
:
: Why not use what you already have...Windows Sound Recorder.
:
:
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: dadiOH
: ________________________

What causes Windows Sound Recorder to stop recording? It goes through the motions,
but does NOT record. I've checked the settings and it isn't muted and I can't find any thing
in the settings that causes this. I don't know when it stopped working. I only know that it
has. What do I need to check and/or change to get it to record again? TIA
BTW for someone who wants to record 60 minutes just keep pressing the record button
(you don't have to be recording anything necessarily) until you get the 'recording' the time
length you want it - then save it as "5 minute", or "3 Minute" or 10 min, or 60 min sample.

Helen
 
Helen said:
What causes Windows Sound Recorder to stop recording? It goes
through the motions,
but does NOT record. I've checked the settings and it isn't muted
and I can't find any thing
in the settings that causes this. I don't know when it stopped
working. I only know that it
has. What do I need to check and/or change to get it to record
again?
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Checked the "record" side of Window's Volume Control to make sure the
correct option is selected for recording?

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dadiOH
________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.0...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://www.gbronline.com/xico/
_________________________________
 
msd13 said:
It doesn't have to open them, just record what is going through the
sound card. Which it does...because that is what it is meant to do.
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In situations where:
1) it's not just the line in and theres no loopback option, and
2) the source file is not to begin with "on the drive as an audio file
and being manipulated directly by means other than recording through
the hardware" (on my Win98 sound recorder only opens wavs) it almost
certainly has to be a full duplex card...
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msd13 wrote:

On mine too. AFAIK, that is always true.
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I'll take your word for that, I know squat about hardware.

BTW, I wasn't finding fault with your software suggestions, they were
all excellent ones. It's just that the OP was asking a rather basic
question and seemed to be a novice; consequently, it seemed/seems
logical to me that he try the simplest possible way to reach his
desired goal.

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dadiOH
________________________

dadiOH's dandies v3.0...
....a help file of info about MP3s, recording from
LP/cassette and tips & tricks on this and that.
Get it at http://www.gbronline.com/xico/
_________________________________
 
Thanks for all the suggestions. On first glance I figured that Windows
(98se) Sound Recorder would be all I needed, but once I started playing
around with EAC I soon discovered that that was the one I really needed. Of
course the learning curve on EAC has got me a bit stymied but I am digging
in and like most worth while things I figure I'll get back what I put in.

Again thanks to all.
 
Helen, I am the newbie here so I should be the last one giving any advise,
but my Windows Sound Recorder was not recording at first also. Not only did
I have to un-mute everything in Multimedia Properties in playback but also
under the recording tab I had to check the box under output mix.



: Abe wrote:
: >> What I am looking for is to record short, 20 to 30 second clips of
: >> songs off cd or mp3s on my hard drive, to use with photo slide
: >> shows.
:
: Why not use what you already have...Windows Sound Recorder.
:
:
: --
: dadiOH
: ________________________

What causes Windows Sound Recorder to stop recording? It goes through the
motions,
but does NOT record. I've checked the settings and it isn't muted and I
can't find any thing
in the settings that causes this. I don't know when it stopped working. I
only know that it
has. What do I need to check and/or change to get it to record again? TIA
BTW for someone who wants to record 60 minutes just keep pressing the record
button
(you don't have to be recording anything necessarily) until you get the
'recording' the time
length you want it - then save it as "5 minute", or "3 Minute" or 10 min,
or 60 min sample.

Helen
 
Thanks "Abe". Newbie or not, if you have helpful information or experience(s) to relate
then your input is welcomed and you have the right to post it. Thank you for your
response. I did check it out. It will play but not record. I'm still checking and will
check out what you said. Thanks again.

Helen


: Helen, I am the newbie here so I should be the last one giving any advise,
: but my Windows Sound Recorder was not recording at first also. Not only did
: I have to un-mute everything in Multimedia Properties in playback but also
: under the recording tab I had to check the box under output mix.
:
:
: :
: : : Abe wrote:
: : >> What I am looking for is to record short, 20 to 30 second clips of
: : >> songs off cd or mp3s on my hard drive, to use with photo slide
: : >> shows.
: :
: : Why not use what you already have...Windows Sound Recorder.
: :
: :
: : --
: : dadiOH
: : ________________________
:
: What causes Windows Sound Recorder to stop recording? It goes through the
: motions,
: but does NOT record. I've checked the settings and it isn't muted and I
: can't find any thing
: in the settings that causes this. I don't know when it stopped working. I
: only know that it
: has. What do I need to check and/or change to get it to record again? TIA
: BTW for someone who wants to record 60 minutes just keep pressing the record
: button
: (you don't have to be recording anything necessarily) until you get the
: 'recording' the time
: length you want it - then save it as "5 minute", or "3 Minute" or 10 min,
: or 60 min sample.
:
: Helen
:
:
 
Abe - 27.07.2003 17:51 :
Helen, I am the newbie here so I should be the last one giving any advise,
but my Windows Sound Recorder was not recording at first also. Not only did
I have to un-mute everything in Multimedia Properties in playback but also
under the recording tab I had to check the box under output mix.


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