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+ <abstract role="description">

+ <para>&app; is a simple application to record and play different sound files</para>

+ </abstract>

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+ </publisher>

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+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>&app; Manual V&manrevision;</revnumber>

+ <date>&date;</date>

+ <revdescription>

+ <para role="author">Sun MATE Documentation Team</para>

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+ </revision>

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>Sound Recorder Manual V2.4</revnumber>

+ <date>September 2003</date>

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+ <para role="author">Sun MATE Documentation Team</para>

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+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>Sound Recorder Manual V2.3</revnumber>

+ <date>January 2003</date>

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+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

+ <revision>

+ <revnumber>Sound Recorder Manual V2.2</revnumber>

+ <date>August 2002</date>

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+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

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+ <revnumber>Sound Recorder Manual V2.1</revnumber>

+ <date>June 2002</date>

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+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

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+ <revnumber>Sound Recorder Manual V2.0</revnumber>

+ <date>May 2002</date>

+ <revdescription>

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+ <para role="publisher">MATE Documentation Project</para>

+ </revdescription>

+ </revision>

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+

+ <releaseinfo>This manual describes version &appversion; of &app;.

+ </releaseinfo>

+ <legalnotice>

+ <title>Feedback</title>

+ <para>To report a bug or make a suggestion regarding the &app; application or this manual, follow the directions in the <ulink url="ghelp:mate-feedback" type="help">MATE Feedback Page</ulink>.

+ </para>

+<!-- Translators may also add here feedback address for translations -->

+ </legalnotice>

+ </articleinfo>

+

+ <indexterm>

+ <primary>Sound Recorder</primary>

+ </indexterm>

+

+<!-- ============= Document Body ============================= -->

+<!-- ============= Introduction ============================== -->

+

+ <sect1 id="grecord-introduction">

+ <title>Introduction</title>

+ <para>The <application>&app;</application> application enables you

+ to record and play <filename>.flac</filename>, <filename>.ogg</filename>

+ (OGG audio, or <filename>.oga</filename>), and <filename>.wav</filename>

+ sound files.</para>

+ </sect1>

+

+ <sect1 id="grecord-getting-started">

+ <title>Getting Started</title>

+

+ <para>You can start <application>&app;</application> in the following ways:

+ </para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Application</guilabel> menu</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Choose <menuchoice><guisubmenu>Multimedia</guisubmenu><guimenuitem>Sound Recorder</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term>Command line</term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para>Execute the following command: <command>mate-sound-recorder</command></para>

+ <para>

+ </para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+

+ <para>When you start <application>&app;</application>, the following window is displayed.</para>

+

+ <!-- ==== Figure ==== -->

+ <figure id="grecord-fig">

+ <title>&app; Window</title>

+ <screenshot>

+ <mediaobject>

+ <imageobject>

+ <imagedata fileref="figures/grecord_window.png" format="PNG"/>

+ </imageobject>

+ <textobject>

+ <phrase>Shows &app; main window. Contains menubar, toolbar, progress bar, and statusbar. </phrase>

+ </textobject>

+ </mediaobject>

+ </screenshot>

+ </figure>

+ <!-- ==== End of Figure ==== -->

+

+ </sect1>

+

+<!-- ================ Usage ================================ -->

+

+ <sect1 id="grecord-usage">

+ <title>Usage</title>

+

+ <sect2 id="grecord-record">

+ <title>To Start a New Recording</title>

+ <para>To start a new recording session, perform the following steps:</para>

+ <orderedlist>

+ <listitem><para>Choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>New</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>Use the <guilabel>Record as</guilabel> drop-down list to select one of the following recording options: </para>

+ <itemizedlist>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guilabel>CD Quality, Lossless</guilabel></para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guilabel>CD Quality, Lossy</guilabel></para>

+ </listitem>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guilabel>Voice</guilabel></para>

+ </listitem>

+ </itemizedlist>

+</listitem>

+ <listitem><para>To start recording, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Control</guimenu><guimenuitem>Record</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>To stop recording, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Control</guimenu><guimenuitem>Stop</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>To play back the recording, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Control</guimenu><guimenuitem>Play</guimenuitem></menuchoice>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>To run the audio mixer, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu>

+ <guimenuitem>Open Volume Control</guimenuitem>

+ </menuchoice>.</para></listitem>

+ <listitem><para>To save the recording, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Save As</guimenuitem></menuchoice>, then type a name for the sound file.</para></listitem>

+ </orderedlist>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="grecord-play">

+ <title>To Play a Sound File</title>

+ <para>To play a sound file, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>Open</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. Select a sound file in the <guilabel>Open a file</guilabel> dialog, then click <guibutton>OK</guibutton>. <application>&app;</application> displays the duration of the file in minutes and seconds below the progress bar. To play the file, choose <menuchoice><guimenu>Control</guimenu> <guimenuitem>Play</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. The progress indicator moves along the progress bar as the sound file is playing. </para>

+ </sect2>

+

+ <sect2 id="grecord-props">

+ <title>To Display the Properties of a File</title>

+ <para>To display the properties of a file, choose

+ <menuchoice><guimenu>File</guimenu><guimenuitem>File Information</guimenuitem></menuchoice>. <application>&app;</application> displays the following information about the file:</para>

+ <variablelist>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>File Information</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guilabel>Folder</guilabel> displays the name of the folder in which the file is located.</para>

+ <para><guilabel>Filename</guilabel> displays the name of the file.</para>

+ <para><guilabel>File size</guilabel> displays the size of the file.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ <varlistentry>

+ <term><guilabel>Audio Information</guilabel></term>

+ <listitem>

+ <para><guilabel>Song length</guilabel> displays the length of the audio data in the file.</para>

+ <para><guilabel>Number of channels</guilabel> displays the number of channels on which the audio data was recorded.</para>

+ <para><guilabel>Sample rate</guilabel> displays the sample rate at which the audio data was recorded.</para>

+ <para><guilabel>Bit rate</guilabel> displays the bit rate at which the audio data was recorded.</para>

+ </listitem>

+ </varlistentry>

+ </variablelist>

+

+ </sect2>

+

+ </sect1>

+

+</article>