MP3 Recorder StudioComments on:

By: MB

MB — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 11:43:58 +0000

#81 Free recorder is one easy nice piece of software…….. Thanks your the man….

By: allthumbz

allthumbz — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 09:49:27 +0000

(scratch the word “didn’t” from #92)

OK, I spent a little time reading through the application’s help files and I see some of my questions from #91 were answered:
Item #2 – I am accustomed to right clicking on files and selecting “Delete”. This application doesn’t provide the right click menu (as far as I can tell). But you can select a file from the list of recordings within the application and hit the delete key on your keyboard.
Item #4 – I had Skype configured to automatically adjust my sound settings and Skype kept switching my recording source from “Stereo Mixer” to “Microphone”. Once I turned that Skype feature off, I could adjust the mic volume from XP’s Playback Volume Control and presto! I was able to record Skype calls. (I already used MP3 Recorder to check and record my mobile phone’s voicemail)
Maybe I just haven’t figured out how this app does it yet, but I’d like to have a way to easily rename individual files while the application keeps on recording.

By: bob :)

bob :) — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:35:51 +0000

this is a really good program, and its really really easy to use. ty

By: Skye-hook

Skye-hook — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 08:04:47 +0000

Thank you! :)

By: allthumbz

allthumbz — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:37:51 +0000

I just noticed that every time I reopen MP3 Recorder Studio, I have to reselect my splitting options to “Split by silence”. Weird that it won’t remember my selection!? (Just a minor annoyance, totally acceptable for a “free” app!)

By: allthumbz

allthumbz — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:31:29 +0000

Also very important – I usually have a lot running on my system and MP3 Recorder Studio didn’t was very kind to my CPU and memory.

By: allthumbz

allthumbz — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 06:25:16 +0000

1 – I didn’t have any problem getting it to record songs as they played from a Web site and split the media files by silence.

2 – It doesn’t look like I can delete the recordings I don’t want from within the application. I have to close the app, and manually delete the files from within the directory I saved them to.

3 – Changing the bit rate was simple.

4 – Skype requires me to set the “Recording Control” to “Microphone” (using XP Media Center Edition SP2) and MP3 Recorder picks up my voice fine. The problem is, in order to hear the person I’m talking to, MP3 Recorder requires the “Recording Control” be set to “Stereo Mixer”. If anyone knows how to record Skype, I’d like to know.

5 – I use Audacity for a lot of my audio file processing, too. But I’m keeping MP3 Recorder Studio.

Reading the comments on this site has strongly impressed me with how difficult it is to produce software that will run equally well on computer systems that are configured so many different ways.

By: Glorp The Inevitable

Glorp The Inevitable — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 05:38:42 +0000

Personally, I much prefer Dexster to Audacity, but it ain’t free, so the software hippies would never approve. That said, this little program was obviously never intended to compete with either one of them, and it seems good for what it is. Though I don’t do much eavesdropping, so I think I’ll stick with what I have. :)

By: Ballpeen

Ballpeen — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:41:02 +0000

#82 regarding the distortion:

I had to set the recording level in the software to 7-10% believe it or not. Don’t know why but that is working for me.

By: Jude

Jude — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 04:11:32 +0000

Many thanks to #50 response as to how to record internet radio! I couldn’t get it to work until I read your post!