Use the recording preferences to set the recording sample rate and other recording specific settings.
q Full Duplex Test: Take this test to make sure that you can play and record sound at the same time.
q Recording Settings
o Sample rate: This is the number of times per second that an audio sample is recorded. CD quality is 44,100 samples per second.
o Bit depth: 8,16 or 24 bits? 8 bit sound has a real high signal to noise ratio and sounds pretty noisy, especially for subtle and lower volume sounds. If in doubt, choose 16 bits. 24 bit recording had just been added in version 1.1. This is a very high quality setting. Many soundcards do not support 24 bit. Choose this option if you are concerned about the highest quality possible. (24 bit sounds are also large.)
o Channels: Stereo or mono? If you are doing a lot of mono recordings and wish to cut down on hard drive space, choose mono. Mono sounds are 2 times smaller than stereo sounds.
q Advanced Settings
o Number of buffers: This is the number of buffers sent to the soundcard to be filled up with sound data. Some soundcards work better with more buffers.
o Buffer size: This specifies the size of each buffer, in terms of kilobytes (KB). Use larger buffers to reduce the change of losing parts of your recordings. . If you find that your recordings are missing sound or have static glitches, try increasing the number of buffers and/or the buffer size.
q Ask To Save Recordings? If checked the software will ask you to preview a sound after recording and then ask you to save it to a new file. If this is unchecked, the recording process is much faster. (Note that if you don’t want a recording, simply click Ctrl+Z or select Undo from the Edit menu)
q Recording Directory: This is where recordings will be saved. Make sure you have enough free space on the hard drive that your recording directory is on. If you want to record using your computer’s RAM, clear all characters from the edit box so that it is empty. You should see "(RAM)" displayed above and then hit "OK".