Total Recorder Professional Edition 6.1

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• Price: Free to try (Audible noise every 60 seconds); $35.95 to buy
• Operating system: Windows 95/98/Me/2000/XP/NT
• Date added: January 16, 2007
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  Version: Total Recorder Professional Edition 6.1

  "One of my most used applications"

  by FallOfRome476AD on November 6, 2007

  Pros: I am a huge fan of Total Recorder and it is one of my most used applications. There are a lot of similar packages on the market now but this is one of the oldest. I also like that High Criteria keeps improving it and they have yet to charge me an upgrade fee!

  I particularly like the scheduled recording for snagging radio or streaming radio to create my own audio TivO. I also REALLY like the fact that it can use all the audio codecs (that's I've ever wanted, anyway) and gives you total control over them.

  So, for instance, if you're recording talk radio, you can encode it at a low bitrate, mono MP3 and really save space.

  But for streaming music, you can go with near CD quality stereo

  But if you're archiving your vinyl collection, you can go with archival full-on WAV files or lossless FLAC.

  IF you do a lot of audio recording, this flexibility is a must.

  Another great feature is that it detects silence so your old LPs are automatically split between the songs.

  I also like that the sound files needn't be dumped in one directory. It has very powerful naming and tagging rules that allow your final file to be named as you want it, tagged properly and in their own directory. This is fantastic.

  Lastly, it's a great easy tool for trimming or otherwise processing your audio files. I am an audio professional and have hugely expensive software available but I often use TotalRecorder for these tasks because it easy and works great.

  PS: I sound like I work for High Criteria but I assure you I'm just a fan of this software!

  Cons: This isn't exactly a criticism but a note: this is not boneheaded software if you use all the features.

  It does expect some expertise if you are going to be fiddling with bit rates or complex scheduling jobs. However, if you use the basic features, it's pretty simple.

  Secondly, it replaces your sound driver with it's own. (it doesn't erase the other, though. You can switch back, any time.)

  This has never proven to be a problem for me but maybe some might have a concern. The advantage of this is that you can digitally capture many audio streams directly with no loss at all

  . For real stubborn encrypted streams, it captures the analogue signal coming out of the card. This is theoretically inferior but -- for my ears anyway -- it sounds fine in most cases.

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