Excellent report, Steve. You really sold me. <grin> leaving the original message intact because it was so good.
Bob < ----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Pattison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "PC-Audio" <pc-audio@pc-audio.org> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 9:59 AM Subject: Fwd: Total Recorder V7 just keeps getting better > > From: Dane Trethowan [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: VIP-L Mail List [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Hi Everyone! > > Well to be honest, I don't have much call for my Trashbox PC these > days but this application certainly makes the PC worth the while using. > > Total Recorder v7 expands on the theme of inovation which was started > with V6, some ground breaking features introduced in V& include the > ability to "time shift" recordings or as the procedure is otherwise > known, "Chase Playback". I will hereby refer to "Time Shifting" as > "Chase Playback" in this article because the term to "Time Shift" > actually applies to other audio editing and reproduction procedures. > > So what is "Chase Playback"? Perhaps the following examples best > illustrate the facility. You'll no doubt be aware that with a Tape > deck or VCR, everything is recorded sequentially onto tape, that is to > say you can't play back what's been recorded until you press "stop", > then rewind the tape and press "Play", this means of course that you > cannot record anything whilst playing the content you previously > recorded unless you have say another deck or VCR connected to take > over the recording from where your other recorder left off. "Chase > Playback" changes that, you can start recording, go have a cup of > coffee, press the "play button" and start playing from the start of > the recording. You could also use this facility say if the phone > rings, pause the playback, Total Recorder keeps recording till you've > finished with your phone call, then press the Pause button again to > resume listening from where you left off. > > This feature is an admirable enhancement to any audio or video > recording package and I'm extremely disappointed that Audio Hijack Pro > for the Mac still does not have a similar feature, will that come? > Well who knows but I guess we can just keep knocking on the door of > the developers of Audio Hijack and hope for the best. > > "Chase Playback" with Total Recorder is not without its faults > however, I used "Chase Playback" this evening, started the function > halfway through a recording of a 30 minute news bulletin, about 15 > minutes later the Playback suddenly stopped and it only took me a few > seconds to realise why. The scheduler for Total Recorder had stopped > recording the audio source exactly 30 minutes after it had started, so > far so good. I'd started the "chase playback" halfway through so when > the recording stopped? Well so did the "Chase Playback", I was able to > resume by pressing "play" and thus hear the bulletin to the end but I > have to admit, this distraction was rather annoying and surely, their > must be a work around to avoid this sort of thing happening, I've sent > a note to the developers of Total Recorder so we'll see what happens. > > Now we come to a second part of Total Recorder V7 which I believe to > be a great leap forward and that's the ability to "Capture" Internet > streams in their native format, up until now when you've captured an > Internet stream the stream has been converted to another format thus > usually causing some aspects of audio quality to be lost, you can > still have Total Recorder convert to your desired format if that's > what you want. > > Unfortunately, I haven't been able to get this "Software Recording" > function to work, sometimes it does and sometimes it doesn't and here > we find that Audio Hijack just thrashes Total recorder, with Audio > Hijack (as the name suggests), you "hijack" the source you wish to > capture and that's the end of the story, record, redirect or whatever > but with Total Recorder? Well its a matter of trying to "Troubleshoot" > or determine why the software isn't capturing the stream, the Skip > call or whatever and as the manual says, this could be for any number > of reasons, anything from incompatible software to incompatible > drivers but I guess, one shouldn't be surprised when running Windows > <smile>. I don't mind admitting that I just gave up using Total > Recorder to capture the BBC World Service stream or the audio stream > from Radio 2SM in Sydney and got Audio Hijack Pro on the Mac to do the > job instead. > > Should you buy Total Recorder? Well the Professional version at $35.00 > U.S> is a "Must Have" in my view if you're wanting to record audio, > the "Chase Playback" function sets this application apart from > anything else I know about thus far and that alone makes your $40.00 > well spent. The audio editor isn't too bad and the rules function > makes this software extremely flexible. > > When I can, i plan to purchase the video add-on. > > > ****************************** > Dane Trethowan > From Melton Victoria Australia > mailto:Dane Trethowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Phone +613 9747 3975 > Fax/TTY +61 3 9743 7954 > Voiceover Tech Support phone +61 3 8732 9237 > mobile/sms: +614 418 773 532 > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > skype: callto:grtdane12 > ****************************** > > > > > > ****************************** > Dane Trethowan > From Melton Victoria Australia > mailto:Dane Trethowan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > phone +61 3 8732 9237 > Fax/TTY +61 3 9743 7954 > mobile/sms: +614 418 773 532 > MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > skype: callto:grtdane12 > ****************************** > > Regards Steve > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Windows Live Messenger: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Skype: steve1963 > > > Jonathan Mosen List Founder > > Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... > http://www.pc-audio.org > > To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jonathan Mosen List Founder Audio List Help, Guidelines, Archives and more... http://www.pc-audio.org To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
