123 Sound Recorder description
123 Sound Recorder - Record any sound that your sound card plays without losing quality

123 Sound Recorder is a helpful sound recording and playing tool. You can use it to grab any sound, including microphone, VCR, Telephone, TV, Radio, Electronic Organ, Video Tape, CD Player, DVD Player, dialogs from movies, game sounds, Streaming Audio on Internet etc.

Captured sounds can be saved in wav, mp3, Raw, G276, ogg and vox files. 123 Sound Recorder offers direct support for RealPlayer, Winamp, Windows Media Player, Power DVD, Flash, Quick time and many others. It also includes a built in mini player, so you can listen to your recordings immediately after you finished recording.

How to use 123 Sound Recorder

Recording Management
Click "OutPut File" button, you can select the location on your computer that 123 Sound Recorder will save your recordings. You may also enter output file name. Audio files will be saved in this path with default names. Also you can create the output file name automatically using current time. You may right-click on recordings in the list, from there you can playback the recordings, rename audio file or delete individual recordings.

Format Settings
123 Sound Recorder supports a variety of Sampling settings. Click "Format Setting" button, you can choose Sample rate, Channel, Sample Bit before recording. Of course, a higher quality wave file will require more disk space. Choose high sample rates for CD quality recordings, lower sample rates for voice recordings. A typical stereo track of CD music at 44100 Hz 16 Bit will use from 20 to 60 megabytes of disk space. Experiment before making your final decision.

Record Device
The program will automatically find out the available input device. Choose one from the device list that most suitable for your recording.

Sound Source
A drop-down menu for your choosing of the ways to get audio source: mono mix, stereo mix, aux, CD player, line in, microphone and phone line.

Stereo Mix: Record Audio from Windows Audio Resource - Audio from Windows Media Player, Winamp, RealOne Player, QuickTime Player, WinDVD Players, Streaming Internet audio, Games, Flash, please select the "Stereo Mixer" which might appear as "Stereo Mix", "What U hear", "Output", "Mixer", "Wave".
Microphone : Record Audio from Microphone, please select "Microphone"
CD PLayer : Record Audio from playing CD in the cd-rom, please select "CD PLayer"
Line In : Record Audio from External Audio Sources - Turntable, Walkman, Discman, Tape Player, Videotape, Cassette Tape, CD/DVD Players etc, please select "Line In"

Output format
Choose a format for your output audio files. Different format will produce different audio quality and file size.

Hotkeys
There are number of hotkeys which allow you to control the recording functions of 123 Sound Recorder while you are working in other programs.
CTRL+R – START RECORDING
CTRL+S - STOP RECORDING

For example, you can start 123 Sound Recorder first and then run other computer programs. It’s not necessary to switch to 123 Sound Recorder to start, stop or pause a recording. All you need to do is to press CTRL+R to record directly. (Note: Hotkeys don't work with some DIRECTX-GAMES.)

Schedule
Schedules will control recording according to the time being set. You can add or delete your schedules, save them to hard disk for future use or load them whenever you need. With the schedules, you will be able to record even if you are not around.

Audio Converter
123 Sound Recorder can also Converts audio formats MP3, WAV, OGG and WMA from one to another.You can click "Audio Converter" button to convert audio files.

Edit ID3
123 Sound Recorder help you to organize your mp3s. With 123 Sound Recorder you can easily edit ID3 tags and keeping your musical collection in good order. Click "Edit ID3" button to edit your mp3 id3 tags.

Here are some key features of "123 Sound Recorder":

· 123 Sound Recorder can record any signal played through your sound card into audio files.
· The Resulting File list box lets you manage your file recording easily. You can set the recording information and edit the resulting file with a simple mouse click on the list box.
· 123 Sound Recorder supports Sampling settings. To get higher quality recording, you can set the Sample rate, Mono or Stereo, and the Sample Bit, before recording. With its powerful sound engine, Recorder produces recordings with CD quality.
· 123 Sound Recorder can Converts audio formats MP3, WAV, OGG and WMA from one to another.
· 123 Sound Recorder integrates the complete set of record volume control for your convenience.
· There are a number of hotkeys which allow you to control the recording functions of 123 Sound Recorder while you are working in other programs.
Ctrl+R - START RECORDING
Ctrl+S - STOP RECORDING
· Recording time schedule support can start and stop recording at any time you set.
· Direct to disk recording can go on for as long as you need, provided you’ve got enough disk space.
· Easy to use and intuitional interface.


Limitations:

· you can only record 40 seconds per session
· some features are disabled in demo vesion