Question about windows software

[Stemin]

IIRC, older windows, like I dunno maybe going back to win 98 (I can't remember if XP had it) had a program, I think sound recorder, where you could load .wav files and cut and paste them and edit stuff.

 

Win 7 still has a program called sound recorder, but now when I start it, it complains that I have no audio hardware. I can only assume it's looking for a microphone, but the old program I'm thinking of never required that.

 

Can someone tell me where I can find a copy of the old sound recorder, or tell me if I get a microphone, will this program still work like the old one did?

[Vagrant0]

For pretty much every possible reason, Audacity is better.

 

http://audacity.sourceforge.net/

 

 

It takes a little more to know what the heck you're doing, but it should do everything you might need to do and then some.