1. Prepare the audio cable
There are two kinds of audio cable, one is connected to the TV or audio input, and it has a double connector on one end for connecting the left and right speakers. The channel output has only one connector on one end for connecting to the sound card. The other is that there is only one connector at both ends (also called MIDI cable), one end is connected to the radio or the Walkman, and one end is connected to the sound card. These two lines are available in the general audio market and electronic accessories market, and the price is about 2 yuan. Of course, you can also use advanced audio cables. In addition, if the MIDI cable is not available, you can make it yourself.
2. prepare many types of microphones
microphone, it is our common microphone and headset microphone, we generally use the headset microphone recording on the computer more convenient. Of course, if you want to record better results, you must use a professional recording microphone or a high-end headset.
3.Connect TV or tape recorder, etc.
Nowadays TVs have audio output, and two audio plugs at one end are inserted into the left and right channel audio output ports of the TV ( Note that the old TV has no audio output). The audio output of the connected audio is similar.
4.Connecting the sound card (important steps)
If you are recording a sound such as a radio or a TV, insert one end of the audio cable or MIDI cable into the Line In jack of the sound card. If you are using a headset with headphones, be aware that a plug is plugged into the Line Out jack (the audio input for the sound card, which is used for headphones), and a plug is inserted into the MicroPhone jack (this jack is usually Red for microphones).
5. Set the recording parameters (important step)
special attention, in this setting, a different sound card is set slightly different, here is the introduction of S90 sound card settings.
Double-click the sound control icon (the speaker-shaped icon) located on the taskbar to pop up the volume control window (note that if you click, only a simple volume adjustment bar pops up), select "Options\\Properties" Menu item, select “Record” in the “Adjust volume area” in the pop-up window, then select “Line In” in “Show the following volume control” – input for external audio audio current; if yes To record using a microphone, you must check “MicroPhone”. Multiple volume control items can be selected. After pressing “OK”, the volume control window will display the volume control bar for various recording modes. At this time, we can choose the recording method we want to use (check the “Select” item under the recording control bar of this mode), then adjust the volume in the column, you can adjust the recording volume according to your input device. . In addition, you can adjust the volume ratio (equalization) of the left and right channels.
general Walkman tape recorders and radios only headphone jack, it is necessary to use another audio cable --MIDI line. Plug the plug at one end of the MIDI cable into the headphone jack of the recorder or radio. If the plug is too large to be connected to the recorder or the Walkman, you can find a cable (headphone cable or speaker cable) that can be plugged into the Walkman or the recorder. Cut (you will find that the line is actually composed of two independent thin lines), then cut the audio line (there are also two thin lines in the audio line), and connect the two thin lines together. .
6. Turn on the recorder in Windows
Open the "Start" menu, select "Programs\\Accessories\\Entertainment\\Recorder" to open the recorder program that comes with Windows. If you do not have this item, you can install the recording program via "Add\\Remove Programs" in the Control Panel.
7. Format the WAV recording file
Select “Properties” in the “File” menu of the recording program to format the recording file. First select "Recording Format" in the "Recording Position" column, and then click the "Start Conversion" button. In the "Select Sound" column in the pop-up window, select "CD Quality" (note that CD-quality WAV format files will take up a lot of space). If you have special needs, you can choose other formats according to your own requirements. Note that in order to avoid the hassle of converting WAV format compression to MP3, try to choose a 16-bit sound format.
8. Set the recording quality
Select "Audio Properties" in the "Edit" menu of the recording program, then select the advanced properties in the "Recording" column, and then adjust "In the pop-up window" The sampling rate conversion quality", under normal circumstances, you can choose "general", of course, recording high quality sound needs to be adjusted to "best".
9. Start recording
Click the Record button in the recorder program interface, then turn on your recorder, radio, Walkman, or speak into the microphone, and the recording program will start recording. Note that the recorder in Windows can only record sounds within 60 seconds (after 60 seconds of recording, you can save the recorded sound and then record it), so it is not meaningful to use it to record songs. You can only record yourself. Some short slang words can be selected by other recording programs or the sound card comes with a recording program. The sound source selection methods for these recording software are the same as those we have here, and some are even simpler, such as the Creative Recorder, which is included with the Sound Blaster Live value sound card.
10.Save
After the sound is recorded, the recorded WAV format sound data is saved in the memory, then select the menu "Save" or "Save As" to save the sound data. Sound file for WAV format. Note that if you select Save As, you can set the sound quality and encoding format of the saved file. The recorded sound, we can also play back in the recorder program, listen to the effect, if the effect is not very satisfactory, you can re-record or optimize.
Windows Sound Recorder in providing some simple optimizations, such as to remove a certain period, the two pieces of music synthesis, sound acceleration or deceleration, plus echo to the sound and so on.