Audio Recording Options in the Language Media Center Labs

Note: With all of these options, once the files are created, they can be played on either a PC or a Macintosh.

 

Software

Availability

Lab

File formats

Comments

SoundRecorder

Available on Macs in LMC

Mac only

wav, aiff, QuickTime

Easy to use; creates QuickTime movie

SoundRecorder

Comes with Windows

PC only

wav

Easy to use; wav files are very large

PureVoice

Free download:

http://www.cdmatech.com/solutions/products/purevoice.jsp

PC & Mac

Purevoice, aiff

Creates very small files; can insert or overwrite in a file

Audacity

Free download:

http://audacity.sourceforge.net

PC & Mac

wav, aiff, mp3

Allows editing;
the most complicated;

version 1.1.1 available in several languages

Praat

Free download

http://www.fon.hum.uva.nl/praat

PC & Mac

aiff, wav, many others

for speech analysis and synthesis