This is a short tutorial to show you how you can record your voice for the SlipStream Project if you are interested in voice acting.

If you don’t have a recoding software already, download the free program Audacity.

You can choose the last stable version or the current beta version. The beta version is more likely to crash, so maybe to play it safe, use the older version instead.

You will then find the download page:

When you click on that link you will be redirected to the sourceforge page, where the download should start automatically:

After the software is on your computer’s harddisk, just start the installer and follow the installation process. You can then start Audacity from the Program menu.

The only thing you need, is your microphone plugged in. If it works on other applications like Skype, Second Life ® or other Applications that can pick up your voice, it’s very likely that you don’t need to change anything. Now you press the red record button to record:

Make sure your volume is loud enough so that you can see these waves. If the waves are too small, try to turn up the volume with the slider as shown in the picture. Don’t make it too loud. There should be a little bit free space between the waveform and the upper/lower border of the display.

After the recording, press the yellow stop button. Make sure you rewind and listen to your recording! If you hear background noises, hisses or bumps, you may want to start over and record a new take. In this case you can select all using CTRL-A and hit delete to remove all the recording. Then just start again by pressing the red record button.

If you find that the recording is okay, you just save it as Ogg-File:

Saving as Ogg is the easiest way to store the recording in a small file. If you use WAV instead, the files will be huge and it’s hard to send them via e-mail.