The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #173059   Message #4196448
Posted By: leeneia
31-Jan-24 - 12:58 PM
Thread Name: Tech: recording for Apple owner
Subject: RE: Tech: recording for Apple owner
Well, I guess that was a little sarky. I'm sorry.

I'm feeling encouraged about recording it myself. I asked Google how to record sound with Windows 11, and it said to use Sound Recorder. I had no idea I had a sound recorder, but I clicked the Windows icon and there it was on the list of apps. I made a trial recording (me singing) and was gratified till I realized there was no way to name it or save it. The computer was peeved at being asked to do a new task after all this time, and it was balking.

After a certain amount of thrashing, I tried doing a search for Sound Recorder rather than using the list of apps, and the search brought up a new version with icons for naming and saving a new recording. The program even let slip that it was an M4a file. It didn't reveal where it had saved the file, of course. That would be making it too simple for me, but I eventually found it. Did I mention that I have been using computers since 1983? I have my wiles too.

Next I will make a few short trial recordings from different distances. Then I'll record a single song, put it on a thumb drive and see if the Apple computer can play it.