Name
Sound Recorder —
\windows\system32\sndrec32.exe
Synopsis
Record and play sound (.wav
) files.
To Open
Start → Programs → Accessories → Entertainment → Sound Recorder
Command Prompt →
sndrec32
Usage
sndrec32 [play] [/close] [filename
.wav]
Description
Sound Recorder is used to record simple sound clips and play them
back. It supports standard sound (.wav
) files
used in Control Panel → [Sounds, Speech, and Audio
Devices] → Sounds and Audio Devices and hundreds of
other applications (see Figure 4-82).
Figure 4-82. Use Sound Recorder to create short audio clips (.wav files)
Its controls are just like those you’d find on a VCR or tape deck, including the standard rewind, fast forward, play, stop, and record. The slider lets you set the position the “playback head” anywhere within the sound file. Both the total length of the sound clip in seconds and your position in the file are shown above. A waveform display gives a visual readout of the sound as it plays.
When running Sound Recorder from the command line, you can use the following options:
-
filename
The name of the sound file to load.
-
/play
Plays the specified sound file immediately. Without this option, the file will be loaded but not played.
-
/close
Closes Sound Recorder when finished playing the sound clip; otherwise, the Sound Recorder window remains open.
Go to File → New to create a new, blank sound file
(.wav
). If your computer ...
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