Total Recorder Professional Edition for Windows

User Reviews

• great product

  paladin-techDecember 19, 2012

  Pros

  does everything I need

  Cons

  nothing doesn't work as specified

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• dont believe the positive bs

  rickpilatJuly 2, 2012

  Pros

  you get to waste valuable time downloading and installing - rebooting and rebooting

  Cons

  WARNING: This version of Total Recorder is unregistered. If you record with the unregistered version, a short noise will be inserted into each recording about every 1 minute.

  Summary

  completely worthless / should be zero.zero stars

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• Best of the Best

  richiepostJanuary 19, 2010

  Pros

  High Criteria has best customer service ever! The software works flawlessly, from converting files to recording streams, it rocks!

  Cons

  None, best audio software ever!

  Summary

  I use this program for all my audio needs, from listwening to music to converting mp3's for a cd compilation. Total Recorder does it all, I liked the pro version so well, I went to the top dog, Total Recorder Developer Edition.

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• the best recorder

  webkruzer1December 19, 2009

  Pros

  This is the best recorder you can have for the money

  Cons

  none that I can think of

  Summary

  get it.

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• One of my most used applications

  FallOfRome476ADNovember 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!<p>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. <p>So, for instance, if you're recording talk radio, you can encode it at a low bitrate, mono MP3 and really save space.<p>But for streaming music, you can go with near CD quality stereo<p>But if you're archiving your vinyl collection, you can go with archival full-on WAV files or lossless FLAC. <p>IF you do a lot of audio recording, this flexibility is a must. <p>Another great feature is that it detects silence so your old LPs are automatically split between the songs.<p>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.<p>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. <p>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. <p>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.<p>Secondly, it replaces your sound driver with it's own. (it doesn't erase the other, though. You can switch back, any time.)<p>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 <p>. 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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• In my experience thus far, does not work (consistently) for scheduled recordings

  preston99October 19, 2006

  Pros

  In my initial "test" scheduled recordings (of short duration, testing the system), most efforts (approx. 65% or so) were successful; the balance of efforts were not successful, & I could not determine the reason(s) for failure.

  Cons

  I'm not extremely technical, but spend quite a bit of time online and on computer(s). I've spent quite a bit of time with this product (Total Recorder Professional Ed. 6) in the past week, and - unfortunately - have not been able to successfully & consistently record planned, scheduled streaming audio from various online radio stations. Truly disappointing, since I believe there's a strong demand and need for a "TIVO for radio" that really works, and is user friendly. In the event I discover that perhaps my criticism is less than accurate or does not represent the system's capabilities, I'll be happy to update my review. As for support, the company (available by email only, with no named contacts) was initially responsive, but after the first 2 messages, did not respond to my email questions. <p>One additional word of caution: be wary of reviews or ratings (it seems to me that they may or may not be legitimate, etc.), and try the product thoroughly with "real world" recordings you plan on doing BEFORE buying it.

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• FALSE ADVERTISEMENT

  taiger22August 25, 2006

  Pros

  DO NOT BUY THIS VERSION NONE OF THE FUNCTIONALITY WORKS. SPLIT mode does not work, songs cannot be tagged, all you get is just one large recording whatever you do.

  Cons

  No support, they will swindle you!!

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• Three years as a user .... and fully satisfied!

  ParagonJuly 3, 2006

  Pros

  It's easy, very easy to use. I started with the standard edition. Then soon purchased the Professional Edition. It has just the right amount of features to keep me happy. I started downloading and editing streaming audio via dialups and its scheduling features were great. I have since moved up to broadband, and though scheduling isn't as important now, the editing features have all the features I need. They've since addeded some applets to the Pro version for helping with LP conversions, voice cleanups, etc.

  Cons

  Some of the applets cost an additional amount. Since I don't need them, it's not an issue, but if you want to do some 'heavy duty' conversion work, it may cost more than the Pro package alone.

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• Exactly what it is: a total recorder

  JJLLJune 3, 2006

  Pros

  Records from ANY audio source, even if your sound card doesn't support the "Stereo Mix" or "Wave Out Mix" (e.g., Dell's onboard SigmaTel). Installs a software-based audio stream driver that records from any sound your sound card makes.

  Cons

  Somewhat cluttered user interface. Funky-looking icon.

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• Literally the Best Audio Recorder/Encoder

  BluePatrolMay 8, 2006

  Pros

  This is the only recorder you'll ever need, can record as well as batch convert/encode to and from any audio format, personally I record everything to Flac audio at 96 kHz 24 Bit for archiving and if need be, convert to CD quality for leisurely playback in any audio CD player.

  Cons

  A minor and well known hic-up,"TRD Error report" when shutting down PC!

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