There is a program called “Audacity”
Its freeware. Google it.
It will record anything that comes off the sound card, including the microphone line. No time limit for recording.
You may also have to download lame_enc.dll, which is also freeware, to work with Audacity. I believe the Audacity website explains this. Lame will allow you to encode an mp3 file with variable bit rates (you will be able to choose the quality of the recording)
Ok, walk me through this, please. I’ve googled Audacity but just to make sure... it will record “live” audio, saves it somewhere (where?) and then I can burn it to a cd, right?
If I’ve got this straight it’ll be of so much help. I volunteer for the middle school and high school band so when a student needs a recording of a piece of music I’ll type it into Finale for them but if it’s over the 60 second recording thing on Windows it’s just not going to get the job done. I need something to record several 3-4 minutes selections per each student’s cd.