Two days back I order Arduino starter kit. I'm having an look at "Arduino Cookbook".
I have dismantled my old cheap nokia mobile for mic and speaker. I have taken that successfully. I'm trying to use both on the arudino , yet to arrive board. I'm gonna try to make some basic voice recorder, show me the right path to do the voice recorder[I got 2GB SDCard too].
In the Arduino Cookbook on page 166 there is a sketch for Reading Analog Values. Start small and simple. Add more functionality a little at a time. Verify each improvement to the sketch. Save the .ino files and take notes on what version works. Many iterations of compiling will gradually build up a collection of functions that you know.