diff --git a/Assets/_Client/GUI/Main.uxml b/Assets/_Client/GUI/Main.uxml
index 923074e..b02b208 100644
--- a/Assets/_Client/GUI/Main.uxml
+++ b/Assets/_Client/GUI/Main.uxml
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
     <ui:VisualElement name="VE_Panel" style="flex-grow: 1;">
         <ui:Button text="Iniciar sessão" name="B_Session" />
         <ui:Label text="Chat:" />
-        <ui:TextField placeholder-text="Digite sua mensagem" name="TF_ChatInput" hide-mobile-input="false" class="expandable" />
+        <ui:TextField placeholder-text="Digite sua mensagem" name="TF_ChatInput" class="expandable" />
         <ui:Button text="Enviar mensagem" name="B_SendChat" />
         <ui:ProgressBar value="0" title="Processando... Por favor, espere..." name="PB_Progress" enabled="true" />
         <ui:TextField placeholder-text="response" multiline="true" readonly="true" name="TF_ChatOutput" class="expandable" />
diff --git a/Assets/_Client/Scenes/Main.unity b/Assets/_Client/Scenes/Main.unity
index f3598b9..233efb2 100644
--- a/Assets/_Client/Scenes/Main.unity
+++ b/Assets/_Client/Scenes/Main.unity
@@ -440,6 +440,18 @@ PrefabInstance:
     serializedVersion: 3
     m_TransformParent: {fileID: 0}
     m_Modifications:
+    - target: {fileID: 796320736253214861, guid: 004ea84725223334994cf72d2115c180, type: 3}
+      propertyPath: OutputAudioMixerGroup
+      value: 
+      objectReference: {fileID: -7600268988427216071, guid: b4346293b16e5254aadce52e891ff5e9, type: 2}
+    - target: {fileID: 1938294408165125026, guid: 004ea84725223334994cf72d2115c180, type: 3}
+      propertyPath: _fileName
+      value: RecordedAudio.wav
+      objectReference: {fileID: 0}
+    - target: {fileID: 1938294408165125026, guid: 004ea84725223334994cf72d2115c180, type: 3}
+      propertyPath: _selectedMicrophoneIndex
+      value: 0
+      objectReference: {fileID: 0}
     - target: {fileID: 3050228793350555746, guid: 004ea84725223334994cf72d2115c180, type: 3}
       propertyPath: m_Name
       value: -- GAME MANAGER --
diff --git a/Assets/_Client/Scripts/AudioCapture.cs b/Assets/_Client/Scripts/AudioCapture.cs
index 3a99d5a..7c7c926 100644
--- a/Assets/_Client/Scripts/AudioCapture.cs
+++ b/Assets/_Client/Scripts/AudioCapture.cs
@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+using System;
+using System.Collections;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
+using System.IO;
 using UnityEngine;
 
 
@@ -17,43 +21,239 @@ namespace PPGIA.X540.Project3
         [Header("Audio Capture Settings")]
         [SerializeField]
         private SampleRate _sampleRateInHz = SampleRate.Hz44100;
-
         [SerializeField]
-        private bool _playingBack = false;
+        private int _maxRecordingSeconds = 300; // safety cap
+        [SerializeField] 
+        private string _fileName = "RecordedAudio.wav";
+        [SerializeField, Range(0f, 1f)] 
+        private float _playbackVolume = 1f; // volume while monitoring
+        [SerializeField] 
+        private bool _enableMonitoring = true; // if true, playback your mic
+    [SerializeField, Tooltip("Latency in milliseconds to offset monitoring playback from the microphone write head")]
+    private int _monitorLatencyMs = 80;
+        [SerializeField] 
+        private string[] _microphones;
+        [SerializeField] 
+        private int _selectedMicrophoneIndex = 0;
+
+        public string SelectedDevice =>
+            _microphones.Length > 0 &&
+            _selectedMicrophoneIndex < _microphones.Length &&
+            _selectedMicrophoneIndex >= 0
+            ? _microphones[_selectedMicrophoneIndex]
+            : null;
+        public bool IsRecording => _isRecording;
+        public string LastSavedFilePath { get; private set; }
+
+        public event Action<string> OnRecordingSaved; // path
+        public event Action OnRecordingStarted;
+        public event Action OnRecordingStopped;
 
         private AudioSource _audioSource;
-        private AudioClip _audioClip;
+        private bool _isRecording;
+        private List<short> _capturedSamples = 
+            new List<short>(1024 * 32); // filled only on Stop
+        private int _channels = 1; // microphone channel count (Unity usually mono)
+        private AudioClip _recordingClip;
+        private string _currentDevice;
 
-        void Awake()
+        private void Awake()
         {
             _audioSource = GetComponent<AudioSource>();
+            _microphones = Microphone.devices;
         }
 
-        void OnDestroy()
+        private void OnDestroy()
         {
-            Stop();
+            StopRecording();
         }
 
-        [ContextMenu("Record Audio")]
-        public void Record()
+        [ContextMenu("Start recording audio")]
+        public void StartRecording()
         {
-            _audioClip = Microphone.Start(null, true, 1, (int)_sampleRateInHz);
-            _audioSource.clip = _audioClip;
-            _audioSource.loop = true;
-
-            // Wait until the microphone starts recording
-            while (!(Microphone.GetPosition(null) > 0)) { }
-
-            if (_playingBack)
+            if (_isRecording)
             {
+                Debug.LogWarning("Already recording.");
+                return;
+            }
+            if (_microphones == null || _microphones.Length == 0)
+            {
+                Debug.LogError("No microphone devices found.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            _currentDevice = SelectedDevice;
+            int frequency = GetSupportedFrequency(_currentDevice, (int)_sampleRateInHz);
+
+            // start as looped for safe monitoring without underruns
+            _recordingClip = Microphone.Start(
+                _currentDevice, true, _maxRecordingSeconds, frequency);
+            if (_recordingClip == null)
+            {
+                Debug.LogError("Failed to start microphone recording.");
+                return;
+            }
+            _channels = Mathf.Max(1, _recordingClip.channels);
+
+            _capturedSamples.Clear();
+            _isRecording = true;
+
+            StartCoroutine(WaitAndStartMonitoring());
+            OnRecordingStarted?.Invoke();
+        }
+
+        private IEnumerator WaitAndStartMonitoring()
+        {
+            // Wait until microphone has started providing data
+            while (Microphone.GetPosition(_currentDevice) <= 0)
+            {
+                yield return null;
+            }
+
+            // Recording might have been stopped early
+            if (!_isRecording) yield break; 
+
+            if (_enableMonitoring)
+            {
+                _audioSource.loop = true;
+                _audioSource.clip = _recordingClip;
+                _audioSource.volume = _playbackVolume;
+                // Start playback slightly behind the microphone write position to avoid underruns/noise
+                int pos = Microphone.GetPosition(_currentDevice);
+                int latency = Mathf.Clamp((int)(_recordingClip.frequency * (_monitorLatencyMs / 1000f)), 0, _recordingClip.samples - 1);
+                int start = pos - latency;
+                if (start < 0) start += _recordingClip.samples; // wrap around for looped clip
+                _audioSource.timeSamples = start % _recordingClip.samples;
                 _audioSource.Play();
             }
         }
 
-        [ContextMenu("Stop Audio")]
-        public void Stop()
+        [ContextMenu("Stop recording audio")]
+        public void StopRecording()
         {
-            Microphone.End(null);
+            if (!_isRecording)
+            {
+                Debug.LogWarning("Not currently recording.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+            if (_audioSource.isPlaying) _audioSource.Stop();
+            var position = Microphone.GetPosition(_currentDevice);
+            Microphone.End(_currentDevice);
+            _isRecording = false;
+
+            // Capture only the recorded portion (GetPosition tells how many samples per channel were written)
+            if (position <= 0)
+            {
+                Debug.LogWarning("Microphone position is zero; no data captured.");
+            }
+            else
+            {
+                try
+                {
+                    int samplesToCopy = position * _recordingClip.channels;
+                    float[] floatData = new float[samplesToCopy];
+                    _recordingClip.GetData(floatData, 0);
+                    for (int i = 0; i < floatData.Length; i++)
+                    {
+                        float clamped = Mathf.Clamp(floatData[i], -1f, 1f);
+                        short sample = (short)(clamped * short.MaxValue);
+                        _capturedSamples.Add(sample);
+                    }
+                }
+                catch (Exception ex)
+                {
+                    Debug.LogError($"Failed to read microphone data: {ex.Message}");
+                }
+            }
+
+            OnRecordingStopped?.Invoke();
+            SaveWavFile();
+        }
+
+        private void SaveWavFile()
+        {
+            if (_capturedSamples.Count == 0)
+            {
+                Debug.LogWarning("No audio samples captured; skipping file save.");
+                return;
+            }
+
+        string filePath = Path.Combine(Application.persistentDataPath, _fileName);
+            try
+            {
+                using (var fs = new FileStream(filePath, FileMode.Create, FileAccess.Write))
+                using (var writer = new BinaryWriter(fs))
+                {
+            int sampleRate = _recordingClip != null ? _recordingClip.frequency : (int)_sampleRateInHz;
+            int bitsPerSample = 16;
+            int channels = _recordingClip != null ? _recordingClip.channels : _channels;
+                    int byteRate = sampleRate * channels * bitsPerSample / 8;
+                    byte[] dataBytes = new byte[_capturedSamples.Count * 2];
+                    Buffer.BlockCopy(_capturedSamples.ToArray(), 0, dataBytes, 0, dataBytes.Length);
+                    int subchunk2Size = dataBytes.Length;
+                    int chunkSize = 36 + subchunk2Size;
+
+                    // RIFF header
+                    writer.Write(System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("RIFF"));
+                    writer.Write(chunkSize);
+                    writer.Write(System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("WAVE"));
+
+                    // fmt subchunk
+                    writer.Write(System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("fmt "));
+                    writer.Write(16); // PCM header length
+                    writer.Write((short)1); // Audio format = PCM
+                    writer.Write((short)channels);
+                    writer.Write(sampleRate);
+                    writer.Write(byteRate);
+                    writer.Write((short)(channels * bitsPerSample / 8)); // block align
+                    writer.Write((short)bitsPerSample);
+
+                    // data subchunk
+                    writer.Write(System.Text.Encoding.ASCII.GetBytes("data"));
+                    writer.Write(subchunk2Size);
+                    writer.Write(dataBytes);
+                }
+                LastSavedFilePath = filePath;
+                Debug.Log($"Audio saved to: {filePath}");
+                OnRecordingSaved?.Invoke(filePath);
+            }
+            catch (Exception ex)
+            {
+                Debug.LogError($"Failed to save WAV file: {ex.Message}");
+            }
+            finally
+            {
+                _capturedSamples.Clear();
+            }
+        }
+
+        [ContextMenu("Refresh microphone list")]
+        public void RefreshMicrophones()
+        {
+            _microphones = Microphone.devices;
+            if (_microphones == null || _microphones.Length == 0)
+            {
+                Debug.LogWarning("No microphones detected after refresh.");
+                _selectedMicrophoneIndex = -1;
+            }
+            else if (
+                _selectedMicrophoneIndex < 0 || 
+                _selectedMicrophoneIndex >= _microphones.Length)
+            {
+                _selectedMicrophoneIndex = 0;
+            }
+        }
+
+        private int GetSupportedFrequency(string device, int requested)
+        {
+            int min, max;
+            Microphone.GetDeviceCaps(device, out min, out max);
+            // When both are 0, any frequency is supported
+            if (min == 0 && max == 0) return requested;
+            if (requested < min) return min;
+            if (requested > max) return max;
+            return requested;
         }
     }
 }