Houlo Audio Recorder

There are cases when one must record a call or a dialogue for work/business purposes, or just to build up an archive with music, podcasts or other external or internal audio sources. Houlo Audio Recorder is a simple app designed to do all of the above.

The interface seems to be built around the need of new users as well as experimented ones. Upon starting the program, you will be presented with three main categories and a panel that acts as a worktable.

The first category is "Record Audio" and focuses on the main process. The second one is "Settings," and from there you can tweak the app in order to fit your preferences. Finally, the third one is the "Audio Converter," a tool that lets you convert your recordings into eight other audio formats.

After the recording was started by pressing the "Start Recording" button, the app will show you what source is being used. If an internal source is active the speaker's dotted vector becomes active. On the flip side, if the source is external, then the microphone vector will start to dance.

Usually, the source is automatically detected by the app, but you can force the sources by clicking on the icons. For example, if you need to force an internal source, click on the microphone and gray out that option. This will make the app focus on internal sounds.

If you take a look at the settings panel, from there you can determine the audio device; you can choose the output format, pick the bitrate, the sampling rate and more.

You can enable the scheduled recording and a automatize the process by setting up the time and date of the recordings. This may come in handy if you have  fixed meetings, streams or other scheduled activities. Also, you can choose to minimize the app while recording starts, or when you close the main window.

The converter provides seven audio formats that you can take advantage of (AAC, FLAC, WAVE, OGG, WMA, M4A, MP3, AAC). For every file converted, you can also choose the sampling rate, the channel, and the bitrate.

All performed tasks are monitored below the panel, where you can also see the failed tasks if the case.

In conclusion, Houlo Audio Recorder is a smart app that provides quick and intuitive means of recording from the two main sound sources. It integrated converter makes it even more dependable as it can quickly change your files recording formats as well as other options.