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3. Usage

3.1 Main Window

First of all You should set the filename for Your recording. E.g. /tmp/test.wav. With the Mixer-Button You may start KMix. There You can set the source and the recording-level. To start recording press the Record-Button once. To stop recording press the Stop-Button once. IMPORTANT: The recorded file will be OVERWRITTEN by the next recording if You don't change the filename before recording the next file ! For control-purposes You can playback the recorded file with the Play-Button. To stop the playback press the Stop-Button once.

The recorded file will be compressed (encoded) to an (additional) mp3-file by pressing the MP3 Encoding-Button. The file will be saved with the extension .mp3 ( e.g. test.wav.mp3) . Furthermore it is possible to set the filename to an already existing wav-file, in order to compress this file into mp3. For mp3-playback press the mp3-Playback-Button to start the program 'XMMS'. Mp3-Encoding and mp3-Playback can be canceled with the Stop-Button.

The LCD-Display shows either the Record-/Playback-Time or the encoding-progress in percent.

3.2 Options

Record

Here You can choose the Recording- and Playback-Program. I suggest to use 'sound-recorder' if available. The Samplerate can be set from 16 to 48 kHz, the bitrate can be 8 bit or 16 bit. You can use Stereo or Mono.

MP3

With the option 'fast encoding' the encoder will be much faster, but the quality won't be as good as possible. The modus JointStereo means, that the second channel holds only the difference to the first channel. This can save space when both channels don't differ that much.


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