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Zabaware Forums => Programming using the Ultra Hal Brain Editor => Topic started by: fred1095 on April 17, 2004, 02:59:48 pm
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I'm new at this game, so any help would be appreciated. I would like to record my character's voice and be able to save it as a .wav file. Any suggestions?
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Hello,
What I'm about to describe works on my computer, but it might NOT work on your computer. Sound cards and computer setups differ.
I open and put the Microsoft Sound Recorder (the one that comes with Windows at START--PROGRAMS--ACCESSORIES--ENTERTAINMENT) in a small box near top of the screen. Then, I put Ultra Hal in a medium-size window just directly under it. If I press "record" on the sound recorder, and then hit the "enter" key to make Hal say something, and then hit "stop" when Hal is speaking, I can capture remarks from Hal as WAV files. I can even append more dialogue to the same WAV file by repeating the process.
The first time I experimented with this, I had to open the master-volumes-control dialogue box and fool around with all the volume levels (both play and record levels) for a while to make it all work. Also, I found that the best recording quality was at 22,050 kHz and 16-bits (I think that this matches what the speech synthesizer puts out). Microsoft's Sound Recorder defaults back to its standard setting each time that you re-open the program, so it's quite annoying, but it does work for me.
It's worth giving this a try. Even if it works, you will have to experiment to find the best loudness settings for best recordings. If it doesn't work for you, I regret that I don't have any alternate suggestions; possibly other contributors here on the forum know of additional ways to capture Hal as WAV files.
Best wishes and good luck! Have a good day!
Sincerely,
Don