How to Record Microphone Sound?
- Overview
- Step 1. Connect Mic to the PC
- Step 2. Select Recording Device and Sound Source
- Step 3. Adjust Recording Settings
- Step 4. Start Recording
Launch Audio Recorder for Free. Click
"Show Mixer Window" button
to select the sound card
in your system and choose "Mic Volume"
as sound source. You can adjust the Volume
& Balance
.
Click "Options" and a window will be activated.
In "General Settings" area
,
you can specify an output format among MP3, WAV, WMA and OGG
.
Click "Settings"
to adjust the recording quality by well-configured presets or configuration
parameters. Click "Change"
to select an output folder. It also has the ability to name the
recorded file automatically by date and time
.
Other settings like AGC
,
VAS
,
Hot Key
and Schedule
are also available.
After everything is set, just play any
sound or speak over the Mic that you want to record. Then you can
see wave variations in the wave pattern
.
If the volume is too low, you can see only very small variations
in the wave pattern. If the sound is being clipped off because the
volume is too high, move the volume setting down until most of the
volume range is displayed without clipping.
Click the red round record button
in Audio Recorder for Free or press the hotkey you just set to start
recording. To stop the recording, click "Stop Recording"
and the recorded sound will be directly output to the output folder
& listed in the file list with detailed information like filename,
location, time, duration & size
.
You can play the recording with the built-in player
.
