The Time and Tone Options dialog enables you to:
| · | Insert tones at the start and/or end of recording
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| · | Specify a maximum recording time
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| · | Set up the parameters to use for voise-operated recording (VOX).
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You can choose to add a burst of 880Hz tone to a recording at the start and/or at the end of recording. This is especially useful if you want to use QuickRecord as an audio 'notebook', since it provides an automatic method of separating individual notes added to a composite recording.
The duration of the tones to be added to the start and end of recording, in seconds, can be entered in the top two boxes of this dialog. Set the duration to zero if you do not want to add a tone.
If you specify a tone at the start of recording, then a tone will also be added each time you release the Pause button during recording.
If you specify a tone at the end of recording, then a tone will also be added each time you press the Pause button during recording.
In some compressed file formats, particularly MP3, the duration of the tone recorded may be a little less than that specified in this dialog.
Maximum recording time
You can specify a maximum recording time by checking the Use maximum recording time checkbox and entering the required time (in hours, minutes and seconds) in the adjacent edit box. Recording will then not be allowed past the specified time.
Voice-operated recording (VOX) parameters
The VOX parameters allow you to customise the way that VOX works. In particular, you can:
| · | Select the channel that will be monitored for VOX. This channel is only relevant to stereo or two-channel recordings.
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| · | Select the VOX Pause Level and the VOX pause time. The level is specified in dB relative to maximum amplitude, and is therefore always negative. A voice-operated recording pause is instigated if the sound level on the selected channel stays below the VOX Pause Level for at least the specified time.
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| · | Select the VOX Restart Level. The level is also specified in dB relative to maximum amplitude, and is therefore always negative. It should normally be greater than (i.e. less negative than) or equal to the VOX Pause Level. A voice-operated recording pause will terminate once the sound level on the selected channel exceeds this level.
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