Vista - Recording Audio

Hi I have a dell lalptop with windows vista basic. I have used the sound
recorder before but the quality is not that great (using the inbuilt mic). So
today I brought a microphone headset (cheap one). But I still find a little
bit of background noise using the sound recorder. I need this because I do
poetry and I am doing some recorded peotry for use as backing for a dvd. Im
just looking for the cheapest resonable option. Has anyone got any ideas? I
have done a couple of peoms to dvd but the sound lets it down. This is just a
project at the moment so I dont wont to spend louds of money on equipment.
Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Johnny

Download audacity, its free, refer to guide 2nd link.



http://audacity.sourceforge.net/


http://www.jtoolkit.com/audio/Audacity_Guide.pdf


"Johnny B. Safe" <JohnnyBSafe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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I am using this program ( WM Capture - Super High Quality Video Recorder ). It records video (from the screen) and audio in very good quality. I have tried a few freebies before, but the quality was always so, so. You can try the trial version before you invest the $40.

See "prefer ,wma for recording" conversation dated 4 August.

"Johnny B. Safe" <JohnnyBSafe@xxxxxx> wrote in message
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Thanks but I downloaded it. And When I record I have the same background
noises. I just want to record a reasonable quality of my voise. I have
removed audacity now as I would have to still spen ages editing (once I
learned how) for every single recording. There must be a way to record with a
mic and a laptop without the noise. Surely? But thanks for your reply. Im
still at a loss.

"bread_voter" wrote:

Thanks I did refer to that post but I go start menu. programs like it says.
nut when it says windows media. I aint got that to get to windows media
encoder. I got the basic sound recorder. I have tried what someone else said
but its still the same background noises from my laptop. And I dont want to
have to manually edit every time a do a few minutes recording it would take
ages. There must be an in exspensive way and not time consuming way of doing
this? I mean in the days of tape recorders I used to get resonable qualitite
recordings. And it seems strange I can produce dvds cds but Im (I know) I
cant seem to record myself without tiny noises of my computer running
internally. That I cant hear. until I playback the recording. Thank you for
your reply. Just havent done this in ages and not on a laptop or pc. So exuse
my ignorance.

"brikendor" wrote:

Johnny B. Safe wrote:===============================
Do you have a digital camera? Maybe
you could use it to record the sound clips.

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Thanks John. No not at the moment. But I have always been meaning to get one
and the thought croosed me mind recently. I will be on the look out for a
bargan as money is short. But I have at least learnt that the laptop is not
an option. I tried using me phone but little bit echoey. So I will look out
for either a camera as you say or some digital dictophone for best option for
price aswell.

Johnny again thanks.

"John Inzer" wrote:

What sound card are you using?
Have you tried setting the "record" feature to different levels? I have reltek onboard sound card and it was very noisy until I updated the driver and fooled around with the recording levels in the audio manager.
Just grasping for straws.