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Off The Record - Tips For Picking Recording Software
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Author: David D. Deprice
Topic: Computers
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Need software to record your voice, streaming audio or musical
instruments? There are dozens of great products on the market.
Some cost up to five hundred dollars, but here are some of the
low cost alternatives you might want to consider.
n-Track Studio
The program uses 24 bit (32 bit floats) resolution for mixing
and effects processing. Various wave files formats are
supported, mono & stereo tracks are can coexist in the same song
and wave editing operations can be performed from within the
program. MIDI tracks can be imported end exported to regular
MIDI files, and edited using the built in piano-roll based MIDI
editing. All the audio tracks are saved as standard wave files
and mixed "on the fly" during playback. Volume and pan evolution
can be programmed by drawing on the timeline window. When all
the tracks have been recorded and all the settings are correct,
it's possible to mix-down all the tracks to a single wave file
for recording it to a compact disk using a CD recorder or for
distributing it through the Internet (using the built-in mp3
encoder).
More Information: http://www.deprice.com/ntrackstudio.htm
Audio Record Wizard 3
Audio Record Wizard is a real-time sound recorder, offering
professional recording features with full mp3 support. The sound
recorder program is designed to work directly with your sound
card, so can record almost all audio from your sound card at
near-perfect quality. You can record sound from a microphone,
line-in, and just about any other programs (such as winamp,
realplay, windows media player and others). Direct to disk
feature allows you to record sound without running out of
memory. Audio Record Wizard can also record directly to the mp3
format if you choose, saving you valuable disk space. You can
select the different mp3 recording modes as required.
More Information: http://www.deprice.com/audiorecordwizard.htm
Cybercorder 2000
Cybercorder provides VCR-like recording for radio shows or any
audio input. Recordings are stored on disk as WAV or MP3 files
with optional audio compression to save disk space. Recordings
can easily be played back by selecting the recording from the
list of completed recordings. The customizable playback window
allows to easily advance the recording forward and reverse
various step sizes.
The program has a variety of features and options:
# Uses your own radio or stereo receiver. Connect the radio
headphone or output jacks to the computer sound card line-in
jack. Set to your favorite radio station, adjust the Windows
mixer settings, and Cybercorder 2000 does the rest. # Real-time
audio compression - you can utilize any of the audio compression
codecs installed on your system to save disk space. # Record MP3
- you can record MP3 files with the MP3 file extension. #
Programmed or manual recording - you can schedule as many
recordings as you like or instantly start a recording for the
specified amount of time. The scheduled recordings can be
scheduled for a single time or for selected days of the week
such as Mon-Fri 9AM. Program descriptions can be given to the
scheduled recordings to later identify the recordings. # Program
Internet Recordings - you can automatically launch an Internet
URL prior to recording. You can set up Cybercorder 2000 to
automatically hang up a modem connection and/or close the
streaming player once the recording is complete. # Automatically
Run External Applications - you can automatically launch an
external application prior to and/or after recording. # Mixer
Profiles Cybercorder can automatically activate a mixer profile
containing preset Windows mixer settings prior to and/or after a
recording. This ensures the recording will occur with the
correct mixer settings every time. # Supports long recordings -
you can program a recording to be as long as 24 hours. #
Recordings list - all recordings made are shown in a list, and
any recording can be played from this list. Recordings can be
removed from the list or from disk, and can also be added back
to the list if present on disk. Cybercorder 2000 supports saving
and retrieving recording lists containing WAV and MP3 files. #
Player - allows you to easily advance the recording forward and
reverse various step sizes, along with the slider control. The 6
sets of forward/reverse buttons can be customized to advance the
recording the desired number of minutes or seconds.
More Information: http://www.deprice.com/cybercorder.htm
About the author:
David Deprice is a music aficionado. His website is
http://www.deprice.com/audio.htm
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