Audacity
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Documentation -- The manual in pdf format. It will be installed on your PC under C:\Program
Files\Audacity Personal DVR PPC.
You can change the selection for an item by clicking on the associated checkbox. Those items that are
checked will be installed during the next handheld connection. The Audacity conduit and the manual are
installed on your PC. After installing you must reboot the PC. The default location for all of the Audacity
pieces and files will be under C:\Program Files\Audacity Professional DVR PPC\
Registration
You will need to register your Audacity software after installing it. The software will only run for 7 days
without a valid registration code. Allow at least one day for us to return a valid code. The registration is
based on a hardware serial number or other unique number found on the Audacity registration page. This
number should be submitted with your purchase or soon after installing Audacity Pro. We will generate
and return the registration code to you. Enter it on the Audacity Registration page. To find the
Registration screen, launch Audacity. Tap the menu button or the wrench icon at the top of the screen on
the left. Select Options and then Registration.
Step one--Define an Author
Before starting you should define an author name. The desktop LAM application processes all of the files
by author and if no author is defined, it will get lost and create errors. Go to Options as you did when you
registered and select Preferences. The first item is for defining the Author or Authors, if the device is to be
used by multiple authors, or perhaps a single author in multiple locations. We will talk more about multiple
authors later. Using the exact same author name and spelling, define the author in the desktop LAM
application. This will associate the correct author with the correct files in the LAM application.
We recommend defining the author names before you record any files to avoid errors when processing
the files in LAM. If you have already recorded files, we suggest deleting them prior to the first sync.
Overview of Key Concepts
This section helps you understand the key concepts behind Audacity Professional and the many reasons
we call it a "Professional Recorder". We also produce the Audacity Personal Recorder, but the
Professional Recorder goes beyond in many areas. Its core infrastructure makes the recording process
"Intelligent".
Recording Controls
There are three types of controls used to operate the Audacity Voice Recorder -- screen buttons, the
navigation pad, and the other hardware buttons. The Audacity lower graphic is designed to duplicate the
hardware buttons found below the screen on Treo models. On other models, the lower 4 buttons
represent programmable buttons found elsewhere on the hardware. It is a soft button design and all
buttons are programmable. The button functions also change with the "mode". That means that if you
are recording, the buttons mean one thing, and if you are playing, they change to something else; for
instance, the side button default value is set to record in the idle mode, but if you are already recording,
it is used to stop.
The four modes are Idle, Record, Playback, and Home. When Audacity launches, the Audacity Home
screen displays your recorded file list. This is referred to as the Home mode. It displays a list of files, but
none of the files are open. Once you access the record or playback screen a file is opened. From here
you can record, play, or be idle.
To control the record / playback process, you may use either the soft screen buttons or the associated
hardware buttons. Most people prefer the hard buttons, at least after they get familiar with the choices.
The soft buttons aid in the learning process, but the hard buttons provide easy one-handed operation.
All common functions are accessed using the navigation pad. The default button functions are very
intuitive and easily learned. After the first day, you will probably never look at the screen again. You may
change any button function under Options, Button Setup. Audacity is a very popular recorder. Why?
Because, it is so easy to control. It offers easy one-handed operation.
