How do I record sound from the mic?

Is there a line(or lines) of code that I can use to say start and stop recording from the microphone, and then save that sound as a .wav file? Also, even better, does it have to be a .wav file or can I save in a simple frequency, volume, frequency, volume format?

Try the MCI api's, i don't know the code though, sorry. I saw an example on http://www.vbworld.com, try doing a search for it

Did you get any joy? I am desperate to discover how to do this too (using the Mic to record/save to wav on start and end of noise)

PLEASE let me know if you did - much appreciated