sound recording with built in mic? (Ti550 - Results

[Jennifer Landefeld]

Just wanted to thank all of you for excellent suggestions (as usual)!

The results:

I tried the iMovie route first. I recorded only sound for the iMovie 
track, exported to Quicktime, Formats: > Expert Settings. This allows 
saving in a variety of formats. I tried the AIFF to convert to MP3 in 
iTunes and direct to MP4. Both worked fine. I don't know if a couple 
people who will use these files can handle MP4's. It does require a few 
too many steps to make it the top choice but it is a *free* solution. 
iMovie doesn't particularly seem happy with my mere 768 MB of memory 
and the hard drive speed in the TI (original drive, very full). I 
haven't sprung for Pro and this method worked just fine with standard 
free Quicktime.

The suggestion of Audio Recorder 1.3 (freeware via Versiontracker) 
which I d/l'd and installed is a winner. It works like a charm, simple 
and direct to MP3. The resulting track is of reasonable quality/size 
which I can open in iTunes and pop onto the iPod.

Once again, thanks for all of the great information. The next project 
is getting my favorite vinyl ripped to put on the iPod (another round 
of app and equipment research ;-).

Cheers,
Jenn