Embodiments of the present invention provide a sound recording method and apparatus. The method includes: displaying, by a terminal device, a first interface, where the first interface includes a first control, and the first control includes: a first option used for selecting a recording whose output specification is sound quality with a first bit width, and a second option used for selecting a recording whose output specification is sound quality of a second bit width; and processing, by the terminal device in a case that the terminal device receives an operation of selecting the first option, a recording obtained by a microphone, to obtain a recording with the first bit width; or processing, by the terminal device in a case that the terminal device receives an operation of selecting the second option, a recording obtained by a microphone, to obtain a recording with the second bit width.