Audio Recording Interface

On a general level, we can say that the microphone is a computer’s set of ears. A microphone is used in any domain that requires clear audio, ranging from songs, live TV shows, to personal stuff. Laptops usually come with built-in microphones, and if you don’t want to use the recording tool in Windows, then Audio Recording Interface is a suitable alternative.

The first time you run the application, you’re asked whether or not you want to go through with the initial setup in order to configure recording devices, output location, and several other parameters. This step is not mandatory, and you can come back to the configuration screen at any given moment.

A classic window style is used to show all functions you work with and related details. An empty text field serves as the path for the new recording file, with a small button that can open the folder so you don’t spend time manually navigating to that location.

Putting the process in motion is fairly easy, and only requires you to press the record button. Anything going through your microphone is captured until you decide to hit stop. By this time, a new file is created and you can preview with a few mouse clicks.

By default, the application stays on your desktop, but this can be configured from the settings panel so that it hides to the system tray either on minimize or close. For a more comfortable experience, custom hotkeys can be configured either to toggle a recording session, or individual sets of keys to start and stop recordings.

There’s also a built-in filter you can choose to activate. Sadly, there’s only one in the list. It can be used to boost sound capture with a custom number of decibels, but a high value can have a negative impact on quality.

Taking everything into consideration, we can say that Audio Recording Interface is a suitable replacement or alternative for the recording tool Windows provides by default. The setup is clean and easy, as is the whole recording and saving process. It could have done with a built-in silence detector and more output file formats, but it gets the job properly done overall.