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Thread #92063   Message #1866242
Posted By: treewind
23-Oct-06 - 03:52 AM
Thread Name: Sound recording to Computer?
Subject: RE: Sound recording to Computer?
Use sound recorder if you really want to (and click the start button every minute...) but Audacity does it much better and is FREE. (and quite a small download).

With regard to file sizes,
.WAV needs 10 Mbytes per minute
(CD quality: 16 bit, 44.1 kHz sampling rate, what people usually mean by .WAV)
.mp3 at 128kb/s needs 1 Mb per minute i.e. 1/10 of a .WAV file.

Audacity reads and stores in either format and can convert.

Anahata