Voicecorder

Given the right hardware components, a computer becomes a powerful tool that can greatly help and reduce effort for countless activities. One particular aspect is music making, with simple tools for recording being mandatory. In case the one bundled in Windows doesn’t quite tickle your fancy, then Voicecorder might provide a better environment to capture sound.

You’re free to launch the application and check out the set of features from the moment it gets downloaded. This also means you can store and use it from a USB flash drive, but you need to make sure the computer you use it on is fitted with .NET Framework. Luckily, portability also keeps the target computer’s health status intact, because registries are not a dependency.

When launched, a small window shows up, with an intuitive set of controls that quickly get you up and running. There’s a Windows Media Player plugin with which to quickly preview recorded files. You can’t load already existing sound files, but you can play the last one for as long as you like.

Hitting the record button initiates the process, and you need to make sure a microphone is connected for proper capture. However, selecting a different recording device from Windows default features also gives you the possibility to record speaker sound.

As soon as you hit the Stop button, a new WAV file is automatically created in the root directory. However, a prompt also shows up with the possibility to save to a new location. Voicerecorder doesn’t come with any other options related to the recording process, nor the output file itself. The only file format you get from the recording session is WAV.

All things considered, we come to the conclusion that Voiceredorder is a straightforward application that can be used to record sound on the go, being but a simple alternative to the tool Windows provides. The set of features is rather shallow, but the built-in player, record options, and automatic save make it worth your while.