How do I record an audio and send to a friend?

Hi,
I'm sure there is a much better forum on which to place this question, but is there a way I can record an audio on my iMac without a corded microphone and send it via email to someone or use it another way?
A side note to that would be what might be an inexpensive corded mic to get?
Thanks much,
Lee
P.S. I just began using Skype and will be wanting to purcahse a headset/mic
to make calls: if anyone knows what might work good with a Mac that would
be neat. Lots of questions. Total non-tech person here! Or... where would
I post a question like this "PS" here on a support forum?

Use GarageBand. I have made some sound files on just the internal mic of the MacBook Pro and the iMac has a similar one.
Make a new project using the voice selection (delete the extra track -- it starts with male and female) and, once you get close to the mic input (test this to see how near you want to be), press the red record button.
When you have finished, use the Share menu and send the file to disk. Once there you can attach the file to email easily. When exporting, select the mp3 format as that is universal.
As to a microphone, if you use one that goes into the mic port, you will probably need an amplifier. A USB mic is going to be more expensive, but of good quality. It depends what you are going to need it for.

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