Howto record
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Chapter 3. Howto record

This chapter contains some step-by-step tutorials which show you the way to go for some good recordings with KRec.

Recording from internal music

  1. The first thing to do is a recording from our favourite KDE audioplayer. So start Noatun, JuK or Kaboodle. We could use other players but they have to use aRts for their output, otherwise recording is a bit more complex and beyond the scope of this section. So please jump over your shadow and select a song to play in one of this three players (all are shipped with tdemultimedia where you got KRec from).

  2. In KRec select the Audio Manager from the Tools-menu. There you will see at least a line for KRec::In and a line for KRec::Out. The second column says what type the item is, either play or record. The last column says where the sound for this item comes from or goes to. Currently the KRec::In item is (should be?) connected to in_soundcard which is the input channel of your soundcard but as we currently want to record from the player and the player plays to out_soundcard, we click on the KRec::In item to switch it to another source. Select out_soundcard from the upcoming window and click Ok. To learn more about the audio manager see the section called “The Audio Manager”.

  3. Now the VU-Meter in KRec should flicker up and down in a way corresponding to the music your hear (if you don't hear sound you shouldn't expect the VU to show something).

  4. Now open a new file either by clicking on the first item in the toolbar or by selecting New from the Files-menu. Accept the quality settings for now or see the section called “Quality settings” for more info.

  5. Select Record from the Play-menu or press the R-key. After you are finished select Stop from the same menu or use the S-key.

  6. Saving works the standard way, if you are interested in exporting see the section called “Exporting”.

Thats it! Now you can hear your recording or export it (don`t forget to go back to the beginning).

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