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

- sound files.</para>

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

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

- </para>

- <variablelist>

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- <term><guilabel>Application</guilabel> menu</term>

- <listitem>

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

- </listitem>

- </varlistentry>

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

- <para>

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- <sect1 id="grecord-usage">

- <title>Usage</title>

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- <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>

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- <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>

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- <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>

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