I'm running Vista but it's a lot like 7.

I'm looking for a program something like sndrec.exe, just to record
and playback from my microphone. If it did more things that might be
nice, but not worth paying extra for.

Does something come with Vista? Or another recommendation.

Thanks.

On 02 Jan 2016, Micky wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

I'm running Vista but it's a lot like 7.

I'm looking for a program something like sndrec.exe, just to
record and playback from my microphone. If it did more things
that might be nice, but not worth paying extra for.

Does something come with Vista? Or another recommendation.

I'm sure that Sound Recorder came with Vista, since it came earlier
with XP and later with Windows 7. Have you actually tried looking for
it? It's probably listed in the Accessories menu.

A decent free full-featured audio recorder is Audacity
(http://www.audacityteam.org/).

On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 02:29:54 -0500, Nil
wrote:

On 02 Jan 2016, Micky wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

I'm running Vista but it's a lot like 7.

I'm looking for a program something like sndrec.exe, just to
record and playback from my microphone. If it did more things
that might be nice, but not worth paying extra for.

Does something come with Vista? Or another recommendation.

I'm sure that Sound Recorder came with Vista, since it came earlier
with XP and later with Windows 7. Have you actually tried looking for
it? It's probably listed in the Accessories menu.

Sure I checked. I also googled but didn't use the right words. When I
came up with better words just now I got:
What replaced sndrec32 from Windows XP in Windows 7?

The upshot is it's called soundrecorder.exe now.

A decent free full-featured audio recorder is Audacity
(http://www.audacityteam.org/).

Thanks. I'll use one or the other. If I don't use Audacity now,
I'll probably use it later.

On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 02:46:48 -0500, Micky
wrote:

On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 02:29:54 -0500, Nil
wrote:

On 02 Jan 2016, Micky wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

I'm running Vista but it's a lot like 7.

I'm looking for a program something like sndrec.exe, just to
record and playback from my microphone. If it did more things
that might be nice, but not worth paying extra for.

Does something come with Vista? Or another recommendation.

I'm sure that Sound Recorder came with Vista, since it came earlier
with XP and later with Windows 7. Have you actually tried looking for
it? It's probably listed in the Accessories menu.

Sure I checked. I also googled but didn't use the right words. When I
came up with better words just now I got:
What replaced sndrec32 from Windows XP in Windows 7?

The upshot is it's called soundrecorder.exe now.

A decent free full-featured audio recorder is Audacity
(http://www.audacityteam.org/).

Thanks. I'll use one or the other. If I don't use Audacity now,
I'll probably use it later.

Me again. It turns out soundrecorder.exe will record but won't play!
Seems like it will be inconvenient, so I'll either use Audacity or
copy sndrec32 over from XP when I have that drive connected.

Thanks again.

Micky wrote:
On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 02:46:48 -0500, Micky
wrote:

On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 02:29:54 -0500, Nil
wrote:

On 02 Jan 2016, Micky wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

I'm running Vista but it's a lot like 7.

I'm looking for a program something like sndrec.exe, just to
record and playback from my microphone. If it did more things
that might be nice, but not worth paying extra for.

Does something come with Vista? Or another recommendation.
I'm sure that Sound Recorder came with Vista, since it came earlier
with XP and later with Windows 7. Have you actually tried looking for
it? It's probably listed in the Accessories menu.
Sure I checked. I also googled but didn't use the right words. When I
came up with better words just now I got:
What replaced sndrec32 from Windows XP in Windows 7?

The upshot is it's called soundrecorder.exe now.

A decent free full-featured audio recorder is Audacity
(http://www.audacityteam.org/).
Thanks. I'll use one or the other. If I don't use Audacity now,
I'll probably use it later.

Me again. It turns out soundrecorder.exe will record but won't play!
Seems like it will be inconvenient, so I'll either use Audacity or
copy sndrec32 over from XP when I have that drive connected.

Thanks again.

Windows Media Player should play. And I'm sure
there would be third-party items like WinAmp etc.

More info here, depending on what you end up using.
Output format changes with OS version.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sound_Recorder_(Windows)

Paul

"Nil" wrote in message ...

On 02 Jan 2016, Micky wrote in
alt.windows7.general:

I'm running Vista but it's a lot like 7.

I'm looking for a program something like sndrec.exe, just to
record and playback from my microphone. If it did more things
that might be nice, but not worth paying extra for.

Does something come with Vista? Or another recommendation.

I'm sure that Sound Recorder came with Vista, since it came earlier
with XP and later with Windows 7. Have you actually tried looking for
it? It's probably listed in the Accessories menu.

A decent free full-featured audio recorder is Audacity
(http://www.audacityteam.org/).





I've been using Audacity for many years. It has yet to disappoint me
(a bit of a learning curve, and I have yet to use all of its features, which
are numerous).

From: "Micky"

I'm running Vista but it's a lot like 7.

I'm looking for a program something like sndrec.exe, just to record
and playback from my microphone. If it did more things that might be
nice, but not worth paying extra for.

Does something come with Vista? Or another recommendation.

Thanks.

Nil has provided, arguably, the best solution.

Audacity not only allows one to record from the microphone but also from
Line-In. It also allows one to edit the audio track and modify and
transform the audio track and then save it in various compressed ( like
MP3 ) and uncompressed formats ( like WAV ).

SoundRecorder is a junk, stock, utility. Audacity is an Audio creation and
editing application.

http://audacityteam.org/download/

--
Dave
Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk
http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp

On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 02:00:17 -0500, Micky wrote:

I'm running Vista but it's a lot like 7.

I'm looking for a program something like sndrec.exe, just to record
and playback from my microphone. If it did more things that might be
nice, but not worth paying extra for.

Does something come with Vista? Or another recommendation.

I strongly recommend the free Audacity. I used it to digitize a large
collection of audiotapes and vinyl LPs, which I eventually burned to
CDs. Audacity is easy to use, and has very good features for cleaning
up noise.


--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://BrownMath.com/
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
Shikata ga nai...

On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 02:29:54 -0500, Nil wrote:
A decent free full-featured audio recorder is Audacity
(http://www.audacityteam.org/).

Oops -- I saw this after I had posted my recommendation of the same
program. But I lazily failed to give the URL.

--
Stan Brown, Oak Road Systems, Tompkins County, New York, USA
http://BrownMath.com/
http://OakRoadSystems.com/
Shikata ga nai...

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On Sat, 02 Jan 2016 02:00:17 -0500, Micky wrote:

I'm running Vista but it's a lot like 7.

I'm looking for a program something like sndrec.exe, just to record
and playback from my microphone. If it did more things that might be
nice, but not worth paying extra for.

Does something come with Vista? Or another recommendation.

I strongly recommend the free Audacity. I used it to digitize a large
collection of audiotapes and vinyl LPs, which I eventually burned to
CDs. Audacity is easy to use, and has very good features for cleaning
up noise.

I use an old version of SoundForge. It's basically portable so it's easy
to just copy and run it off a thumbdrive when required. It records fine
when run from a 64Gb thumdrive on an older laptop I have, saving without
a hiccup using both my analog mics, line-in or my USB mic. It produces a
normal wave file that I've never had any problems with importing into
other programs.

I used it to digitize my over 500 albums years ago along with numerous
cassettes and even some audio I had on stereo vcr tapes.