Re: Sound Quality In Sound API



On Sat, 29 Oct 2005 19:55:50 -0600, "Luc The Perverse"
<sll_noSpamlicious_z_XXX_m@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote, quoted or indirectly
quoted someone who said :

>We initially tried using the windows sound recorder that comes prebundled
>with windows and it sounded absolutely aweful.

When you record, the software needs to know the tradeoff you want
between sound quality and compactness. Sounds like you chose one of
the lower quality options, designed for telephone quality voice.

Look in the properties. I'd expect you will see a choice of recording
formats and/or frequencies 48KHz will sound better much better than
8KHz because it takes 6 times as many samples a second and can thus
capture higher frequencies better.

MS generally bundles only toy software with its OS. You might look at
a more serious tool like GoldWave.

http://mindprod.com/jgloss/microphone.html

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