Re: TECH: software for recording your voice

And 5), in addition, I don't see that RealProducer G2 has
any downsizing capabilities.  I think I have to buy the Plus
to get that.  It looks like a very fancy way of producing .rm
files.  Experience will tell me whether they are any more
compact than the .wav files I make with my simple Windows98
recording system.

Sally Caves wrote:
>
> Hi, Mia.  I just downloaded RealProducer G2's freeware.  It seems
> that you have to have RealPlayer G2 (I have RealPlayer Plus) in
> order to hear what you've recorded.  If I download RealPlayer G2,
> does that replace my Plus?  Seems weird, because I paid money for
> the Plus, and the G2 is free.  Will it give me all the same
> capabilities?
>
> Questions and gripes:
>
> 1) only works with RealPlayer G2.  Not a difficult problem; just
> more downloading.  But before I download, I want to know what
> happens with the Plus.
>
> 2)  I have windows98, which puts a bar across the bottom.  There
> seems to be no way to make the RealProducer Screen any smaller
> (the enlarge/reduce icon at the upper right hand corner is faded
> out, so you can either hide the screen or close it out--not make
> it smaller).  As a consequence, the bar at the bottom completely
> obscures the controls for "record" "play" "stop" which are way
> down there.  No arrow keys.  CRIKE!!  Fortunately, there is a
> controls bar next to Edit at the top of the screen, but this is
> a major annoyance.
>
> 3)  RealProducer seems to want to save my file with the extension
> .rm instead of .wav.  Is this a problem?  I think so.  Can I make
> it a .wav extension manually?  Who can read .rm?  I think I'm
> beginning to see what Boudewijn meant by "closed."  Mia, what is
> your advice about all this?  Why is it .rm and not .ra?
>
> 4)  I could experiment, but not until I download RealPlayer G2.
> Does RealPlayer G2 allow me to read .wav files, Mia?  I assume
> so.
>
> Thanks in advance, Sally