Keep experimenting with recording levels and moving closer and further away from the microphone until you hear the sound you want. After you've recorded your sounds from a CD, or from real life, you need to decide which format you'd like to save your sound as. WAV is Microsoft's audio format of choice. Since Windows 3.1, WAV has been the native format for sound within the Windows environment . Needless to say, this makes it one of the most common sound formats on the web.
Most browsers support the .wav format with their internal sound players.
AIF is a audio format that was developed by Apple Computer. Most recent browsers, including Microsoft IE and Netscape Navigator, will play an aif file using the browser's built-in sound player. AU is one of the most common audio formats used on the web. Most browsers support the au format with their internal sound players.