AVS Audio Recorder

AVS Audio Recorder is a simple-to-use software tool that gives you the possibility to record audio from your microphone and save it to your computer in MP3, WAV or WMA format. It lets you pick the channel mode and load recordings in a built-in audio player for verification.
The installation procedure doesn't take long. However, AVS Audio Recorder offers to set up another application from the same developer, but you can deselect this option.

Customize audio settings for recording sessions

As far as the interface is concerned, the program opts for a clean look and neatly organized structure, where you can get started by selecting the input device, recording format (MP3, WAV or WMA) and channel mode (mono or stereo), along with the saving directory. If you set up your microphone after launching this tool, it's necessary to restart it, since there's no refresh option.
During a recording session, you can check out the elapsed time, volume level, free disk space (in size and time), specified audio format and channel mode, along with the bit rate. The volume can be increased, decreased or automatically adjusted.

Play recorded tracks and view file properties

Worth noting is that the utility auto-saves all recordings to file, after which it enables you to load them in the integrated audio player to check the sound quality. This means that you have to manually delete the files if you change your mind, and this can quickly carried out by opening the right-click.
Furthermore, you can examine file information, namely the file name, size and duration, together with the audio channels, bit rate, codec, sample rate and size. It's possible to create as many recordings as you want, provided that you have enough space. There are also buttons listed for audio editing and conversion, but these launch AVS Audio Editor and AVS Audio Converter if you have them installed.

Evaluation and conclusion

It didn't hog system resources in our tests, nor trigger Windows to hang, crash or prompt error messages. Thanks to its intuitive interface and options, AVS Audio Converter can be seamlessly handled by anyone who wants to easily record sound from the microphone.