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Is there a free program that I can use to record sound samples and that doesn’t keep crashing and constantly losing all data like Audacity?

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Have a look at this page from Alternative To:

http://alternativeto.net/software/audacity/

Filter by license - Free and Open Source:

http://alternativeto.net/software/audacity/?license=free

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The default Windows sound recorder?
Start > (All) Programs > Accesories > Sound Recorder

Otherwise, Wave Editor is nice and simple: alt text

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Thanks, tried this program, but it cannot record. Needs a separate component for that, which is not free. – Timwi Jan 19 '11 at 1:30
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I have experienced similar problems with recent builds of Audacity as well. Been using Traverso in the meantime, great little program:

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Tried this program for 10 minutes and still couldn’t find any way to record any sound. What a total UI fail! But thanks for the suggestion anyway. – Timwi Jan 19 '11 at 1:31
RTFM ? Beats me why you'd take the time to install it but not bother to read how to use it, but agree an intuitive UI is important. I prolly wouldn't remember the hotkeys from one day to the next. – adam Jan 19 '11 at 1:43
@adam: In the time I’d take to RTFM, I’d have tried 10 other programs. By now I’ve tried three and the third one worked. And wanna know how it works? You click Record and it records. Oh the magic! Thanks for the suggestion though. – Timwi Jan 19 '11 at 1:48
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wow, so many wonderful recommendation i would like to say camtasia is also a good choice, editing sound and video or just try to google sound editor software, or search in download.cnet.net with sound recorder keywords

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Camtasia is neither free, nor is it a sound recording software. – Timwi Jan 20 '11 at 16:57
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