Okay, so that's just weird...

[capri0mni]

So, apparently... Windows ceased using a .wav recorder for sound when they came out with the Vista OS. Since then, they have a recorder that records in Windows Media File instead. The problem is (problems are?) that you a) can't edit or alter the sounds you record, and b) you cannot play it back to hear what you've recorded until after you've saved it ...

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So ... how can you know whether what you've recorded is worth saving?!?!?!


Anyhow, I thought I could go back and "remix" one of the very first videos I put up on YouTube: Monsters in Town, since, when I first made it, I did not have a mic with which to record my voice.... and now, I do.

So, I did the following:

1) Opened the Sound recorder
2) Clicked "Start recording"
3) Started the video,
4) and sang along into my mic while it played (so I could be fairly confident my singing would sync with the words on the screen).

Fairly straight-forward, right?

Only ... after I saved it to file, searched files to find it again, and played it back... Know what I found out? It recorded the music coming through my earphones instead of my voice through the mic!

What. the. Ever-loving. Freckled, feckless frog?!

Comments

[gordon_r_d]

I think I know what's happened here, recording must be set to record whatever sound the ocmputers making. If you go into the control panel, find the Sound icon, bring it up and under the recording tab, check what that's set to record, there should be an option for microphone somewhere.

Also for sound recording, I'd recommend the free software Audacity, it can be a bit overwhelming with all the options it gives you, but it'll let you record and edit to your heart's content.

[capri0mni]

Ah... thanks for the tip. Dragon Dictate has a feature that reads back what you've written (one of those soothing/creepy versions of a woman's voice) -- If I can manage to switch between recording modes, maybe I can write dialogues between myself and a robot character...

I've downloaded Audacity already (because I'd seen it recommended several places), but when I've tried to use it, it didn't seem to record my voice, either .... or if it did, it was very, very, quiet.

But the default settings may have something to do with that.

(although Narration through Movie Maker works fine -- I just want my plethora of animated titles, back, dammit!)