Recording Controls

Start Recording Button

There are 3 recording buttons in the recording panel of ePodcast Creator.

You may choose to record Voice & Music, Voice, or Music. If you are making a “live” podcast which will mix both Voice and Music, you will likely choose the Voice & Music button.

When you click to start recording, it will open the Wizard, which will allow you to choose such things as the recording format and the music you wish to use. If you have previously chosen these things by beginning your podcast by clicking the New Podcast icon in the Welcome window, it will skip this and you will automatically begin recording. The text of the button will change to Stop Recording and the word Recording will illuminate and blink to show recording. In order to end recording, click on Stop Recording.

Rec. source

The recording source button changes the source from which the audio track is being recorded.

A short caption just above this button indicates the current recording source. If you want to change this recording source then click this button. Note: Should your sound fail to register in the LED indicators to the immediate left of the words Voice and Music beside their respective Waveform windows, first move the volume sliders (labeled L & R) up. If it still appears that your recording source is not being recognized, go to File->Preferences->Devices and change the recording source here.

After clicking on Rec. Source, the recording source changes. This will be reflected by the change in the caption above the button. Briefly, select CD as the recording source if you want to record songs from an audio CD (using your system's CD-ROM drive). Select Line In (or Aux In) if you have some audio equipment connected to your sound card's Line/Aux In socket. Select Stereo Mix if you want to record whatever is playing on your sound card (from some other program perhaps). Select Microphone to record from a microphone.

Record setting

Click this button to set the recording parameters.

A dialog box assists the user in setting these parameters.

The parameters are the Sampling Rate, the Bit Rate (sample resolution), and the number of Channels. The sampling rate, the sample resolution (bit rate), and the number of channels (monophonic/stereophonic) are available from selection lists. Choose these parameters carefully as they will determine the quality of the sound file and its size.

Record level slider

The Recording Level control appears as a vertical slider in the Recording Control panel.

Use this slider control to adjust the level of the incoming (source) signal during a recording session. Use this in conjunction with the LED Level meter (Volume Display) for distortion-free recording.

Recording Balance slider

The Recording Balance control appears as a horizontal slider in the Recording Control panel.

Use this slider control to adjust the balance of the incoming (source) signal during a recording session. Note: this is effective for stereo (2 channel) signals only!

Recording Indicator

The position indicator panel appears just below the playback control panel.

This panel has 3 indicators:

(1) Current position; (2) Start of selection; (3) End of selection.

The position indicators help the user to establish a reference point in the audio file.

The position is indicated in either one of two units: (1) time units and (2) sample units.

Time is expressed in minutes, seconds, and milliseconds (1 millisecond = 1/1000 of a second)

Sample position is expressed as an ordinal number.

The correlation between sample position and time is given by the sampling rate.

The current position indicator indicates the exact point which is currently playing or which will play when playing is resumed.

The visual indicator for this position is the vertical green cursor, which extends across the height of the display window. This cursor moves from left to right when the audio file is played.

The selection indicators are set only when the user selects a portion of the audio track.

The start indicator marks the point from where the selected portion begins.

The end indicator marks the point at which the selected portion ends.

Both the positions can be edited by the user.