Solway's Audio Recorder

Solway's Audio Recorder is a straightforward and easy-to-use software application that allows you to record sounds and save them as files with the MP3, WMA or OGG format.

Audio stream may originate either from your sound card or other sources, such as a microphone, CD/DVD, line-in, or currently playing music or movies.

Installing this tool is a fast and simple job that shouldn't bring up any issues. Once it's over, you are greeted by a small window with a clean and intuitive structure, representing Solway's Audio Recorder's interface.

Before starting a recording session, you can choose the input device to capture sound from, as well as select the output file type and quality (low, high or excellent).

It's possible to pause and resume the recording, or to stop it. All recordings are automatically saved in a predefined directory that can be opened from Solway's Audio Recorder with one click without leaving its interface.

The software utility also provides access to some Windows features, in case you want to tinker with the playback, recordings, sounds and communications settings, or access the volume mixer to adjust the volume level for devices and applications. There are no other notable options available here.

The app didn't put a strain on the overall performance of the computer in our tests, thanks to the fact that it needed low CPU and RAM to work properly. It didn't hang, crash or prompt error messages.

However, it failed to create files with audio recordings in several cases, although no problems were indicated. We should also keep in mind that Solway's Audio Recorder hasn't been updated for a long time, and it may have compatibility issues with later Windows. Too bad it's doesn't integrate an option for modifying the default destination folder and file name.