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Creating audio files and music libraries

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Creating audio files and music libraries

Creating music files

You can create several types of audio files for your listening enjoyment,

including WAV, MP3, and WMA files.

Recording WAV audio files

Sound recorder is a simple Windows program that lets you record and play WAV

files. WAV is the most common audio file format used for your Windows system

sounds. For information about playing WAV files, see “Playing WAV audio files”

on page 64.

To record a WAV audio file:

Help & Support

For more information about making or

playing an audio recording, click Start,

then click Help and Support. Type the

phrases recording audio or playing

audio in the Search box, then click the

arrow.

1 Plug a microphone into the Microphone jack on your notebook. For the

location of the Microphone jack, see your notebook’s hardware guide.

2 Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Entertainment, then click Sound

Recorder. The Sound Recorder opens.

3 Click (record), then speak into the microphone.

4 When you finish recording, click (stop).

5 Click File, then click Save As. The Save As dialog box opens.

6 Name the recording, specify the location where you want to save the

recording, then click Save. The recording is saved.

Creating WMA and MP3 music files using Windows Media Player

Important

Some music CDs have copy protection

software. You cannot copy tracks from

these CDs.

Using Windows Media Player, you can copy the tracks from a music CD to your

notebook’s hard drive as WMA or MP3 files. WMA and MP3 are methods for

digitally compressing high-fidelity music into compact files without noticeably

sacrificing quality. WMA files end in the file extension WMA, and MP3 files end

in the file extension MP3.

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