Recently Added Features to SRPro

Page updated on
Saturday, August 09, 2008

Build    0.81

• New splitter mode is now available. When a file split occurs, sometimes the split can fall on speech and cause a small part of the speech to be lost. Now there's a switch to prevent the split from occurring until the sound is quiet. It uses the VOX processing section of the recorder to control when the split takes place.

• The schedule information used to be contained within the ..SRP (SR Profile) file. But now the schedule is a separate file with a name called (name).SRSchedule. The reason the file was split into a separate file is because there are going to be changes to the .SRP file format from time-to-time and this causes old .SRP files saved in older builds to be invalid with the newer builds as more settings are added. If I didn't split out the schedule information (used in auto-recording) then users would lose all their schedule information whenever I change the SRP format. Now, the schedule is kept separate and changes can be made to the profile format with minimal frustration factor...since the entire schedule list is kept intact across many more builds. The next build I upload (0.81 will be uploaded after more testing), will require the user to toss out all previous .SRP files because they will no longer work after this build. I'm sorry about that, but at least the schedule will be intact AFTER you enter it one more time when you receive this next build, download and install it.

• The name of the current output file (.WAV and .LOG) is shown on the bottom of the panel now while recording.

Build    0.78

• 2 more channel converter modes were added.

Build    0.73

• Added more tooltips. Hang time was put on the front panel and can be adjusted on the fly while recording or monitoring the VOX behavior. Panel expanded to add more indicators.

Build    0.70

• Changed the nature of the vox settings. Now one can adjust the VOX value by clicking the mouse on the VU meters. Also only one VOX setting is used, instead of two. Stereo recording using VOX has the same value for both left and right.

• Added new button to split the output file on the fly while recording.

Build    0.68

•  Added some tooltips (only on the Main Panel and the File Settings dialog), temporarily removed the metal finish, changed the buttons to look different.

• Files can be split automatically using 3 different modes:

1. When the file stored duration reaches a certain length of time, (e.g., one hour).

2. When an elapsed time has been reached. (synchronous to the moment the record button was pressed or synchronous with the previous midnight).

3. When the VOX gate closes.

• Scheduler

Now you can record programs automatically at pre-determined dates and times. For example: Traffic reports from the local radio station can be recorded and archived by setting the scheduler to record (for example) every 10 minutes starting at 8 minutes after the hour, and for a duration of one minute each.

• Channel Converter

What is a channel converter?

1) It allows the user to change the number of channels from mono to stereo or vice versa. 

2) The channel converter makes it possible to mask (or mute) either or both stereo channels.

Why use a channel converter?

1) To give more recording capabilities to the user. One can use any compressor codec in their system by allowing more control over the audio format than the audio adapter driver allows.

2) Multiple audio sources can be recorded simultaneously using a stereo input cable that has separate sources connected to the left and right channels. Each source can use its own VOX setting and can be saved to separate mono files independently of each other, even though the two sources are sharing one stereo input port. This is accomplished by loading two instances of SRPro.exe and setting up each to record from the same input in stereo, then masking off the opposite channel and converting that to mono. Give it a try if you have the necessary hardware setup connected to your PC or laptop. SRPro makes it possible to record as many separate input channels as you have, into separate mono output files, each with their own compression, data rate, VOX, hang-time, etc.