Audiocorder is a program which allows your Mac to act as a sophisticated audio recorder. In one mode, it operates as a volume operated (VOX) audio recorder.

This allows you to set the volume that the sound must reach to begin recording, and the volume at which it should end recording.

Audiocorder also allows you to set the trigger length for the start and stop values, which helps you to eliminate recording short bursts of sound or ending the recording process during a short pause (such as in normal speach).

Audiocorder may also be programed with a recording schedule, specifying when it should start and stop recording, much like a VCR.

Audiocordert may also be used as a normal manually operated recorder. In addition, it can play AIFF sound files, including those created with other sound programs. Each sound file is stored in AIFF format, a Macintosh standard sound format.

The audio is sampled at 11, 22 or 44 kHz, with a sample size of 8 or 16 bits, either monophonic or stereo. The name of each file contains the date and time (down to seconds) the recording began.

Audiocorder is used in a wide variety of applications, including digitizing LPs and tapes, recording animals and other natural sounds, and automated recording of radio transmissions.

Audiocorder does not directly record streaming audio over the internet. One way to do this would be to connect a patch cable from the speaker to microphone jack on your computer.

Attention iBook Owners (and others without sound input) Audiocorder has been tested and found to work with the Griffin iMic, Telex H-531, and Labtec Verse 704, and should work with most other USB microphones as well. You can read our USB Microphone tutorial for details.

Some important notes for Mac OSX users: Mac OS X 10.1.3 (and later) fixes a nasty bug which caused any audio recording program, including Audiocorder, to possibly not record the left and right channels at equal levels. If you're using an earlier version of OS X, please be sure to update.

Requirements:

· Audiocorder requires a sound input device capable of 44.1 kHz, 16 bit recording, either mono or stereo.

Limitations:

· A small reminder message is inserted before each recording.

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Fixed a bug that caused use of timestamps to sometimes result in a crash.