Record various sound input to dozens of audio formats and hundreds of codecs/subformats. Supports WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG, APE, FLAC, MP2, VQF, AIFF, AIFC, AIF, 3GP, AAC, M4A, M4B, MP4, MPC, MP+, MPP, WV, AU, SND, RAW, GSM, VOX, PCM, ADPCM, G721, G723, FAP, PAF, SVX, 8SVX, IFF, NIST, IRCAM, SF, VOC, W64, MAT, MAT4, MAT5, PVF, XI, HTK, CAF, SDS, AVR, WAVEX, SD2, WVE, RF64 and user-customized formats etc.

Supports multiple sound input, audio/video files playback, CD player, line in, microphone, internet radio, even the obsolete tape/VHS cassette or anything else. The exclusive customized recording mode allows the users to record sound to customized formats thru their own encoders. Featuring studio quality sound recording, this application also supports high sampling frequency up to 1920000 Hz as well as 24bit/32bit high bit resolution.

Built-in 64 bit Digital Signal Processing engine, apply frequency filtering/amplitude gain/speed adjustment/earphone enhancement/vocal removal DSP effects to audio data. Supports global hotkeys, start recording anywhere. Mixer Device/Input Line/Volume/Balance control. Advanced "Silence Detection" feature enables automatically pausing/resuming recording according to sound volume.

Lossless recording, supports many modern lossless audio formats such as WAV/WMA Lossless/APE/FALC/AIFF/WavPack etc. On-the-fly recording, no temporary file generated. Fully visualize the recording process and realtime display the spectrum of audio data. Intuitive output file management. Build-in audio metadata editor, supports ID3v1/ID3v2/APEv1/APEv2/Vorbis Comment/MPEG4/WMA/WAV/AIFF audio metadata.

Supports auto-splitting recording mode. Handsfree recording when the scheduler enabled. Various post-recording actions: Log Off/Stand By/Hibernate/Restart/Shutdown. Diagnose and print detailed sound device info.

Here are some key features of "Sonarca Sound Recorder XiFi":

· Record various sound input to dozens of audio formats such as WAV (Waveform Audio, including A-law, GSM, PCM, U-law, DSP, VOX, G721, G723 and G726), MP3 (MPEG-1 Audio Layer 3), WMA (Windows Media Audio, including ACELP.net Voice Codec, WMA Voice, WMA Standard, WMA Pro and WMA Lossless), OGG (Ogg Vorbis), APE (Monkey's Audio), FLAC (Free Lossless Audio Codec, including Native FLAC and Ogg FLAC), MP2 (MPEG 1 Audio Layer 2), VQF (TwinVQ), AIFF (Audio Interchange File Format), AAC (Advanced Audio Coding, including 3GP, AAC, M4A, M4B and MP4), MPC (Musepack, including MPC, MP+ and MPP), WV (WavPack) and user-customized formats etc.
· Supports multiple sound input, audio/video files playback, CD player, line in, microphone, internet radio, even the obsolete tape/VHS cassette or anything else.
· The exclusive customized recording mode allows the users to record sound to customized formats thru their own encoders. Theoretically, Sonarca Sound Recorder can record sound to INFINITE audio formats.
· Extremely high sound quality, supports ultra high sampling frequency up to 1920000 Hz.
· Advanced "Silence Detection" feature enables automatical pausing/resuming recording according to sound volume.
· Build-in latest Lame MP3 encoder which is generally believed as the the best MP3 encoder in the world.
· Frequency sensitive MP3 recording.
· Support three external AAC encoder: FAAC, Nero AAC and CT AAC+.
· Lossless recording, supports many modern lossless audio formats such as WAV/WMA Lossless/APE/FALC/AIFF/WavPack etc.
· On-the-fly recording, no temporary file generated.
· Fully visualize the recording/playing process and realtime display the spectrum of audio data.
· Intuitive output file management.
· Build-in audio metadata editor, supports ID3v1/ID3v2/APEv1/APEv2/Vorbis Comment/MPEG4/WMA audio metadata.
· Supports auto-splitting recording mode.
· Handsfree recording when the scheduler enabled.
· Can apply Amplify/Normalize/Resample DSP effects to audio data.
· Supports post-recording actions: Log Off/Stand By/Hibernate/Restart/Shutdown.
· Skinnable. You can apply one of the visual styles: Christmas or Mac OS X Tiger.
· Plain audio player, supports playback of WAV/MP3/WMA/OGG/MP2 files.
· Supports majority of modern sound cards: multichannel/professional/external USB sound cards.
· Supports several sound cards at the same system.
· Foolproof & user-friendly interface with exhaustive options.
· All events are logged for future diagnosis.

Requirements:

· Intel Pentium III 500 MHz processor or equivalent
· 64 MB RAM
· Sound Card
· 25 MB free hard drive space

Limitations:

· 180 secs recording time limitation
· Nag pop-up reminder

What's New in This Release: [ read full changelog ]

· Added new feature: 24bit / 32bit / 32bit float point high bit resolution sound recording.
· Added new feature: frequency filtering / amplitude gain/speed adjustment / earphone enhancement/vocal removal DSPs.
· Added new feature: LED digit which displays audio signal amplitude.