Overview

From their site:  Advanced Audio Recorder can record any sound passing through any line of your sound card. For example, you can record sound being played back by an external program, sound from a microphone, an external LP, cassette, CD/DVD player, AM/FM/Satellite radio, etc.

Walk Through Review

Installation – 7

Installation is very easy and straight forward following the installation wizard.

When you first launch you will be required to enter in your license code or continue with their 30 day trial period.

Features – 8

The recording features of Advanced Audio Recorder are very slick and easy to use.  But it doesn’t stop with recording it also features a multitude of audio editing options.  This allows you to start new recordings, edit existing files, and even do Text to Speech!

This is a full audio editing application which features tools such as noise reduction, Flange, Reverb, and echo digital effects, Pitch changes and more.

This also allows you to Rip CD’s to mp3, burn files to disc, or transfer them to your portable music player.

There are some other cool options such as the ability to schedule recordings.  This is handy for fans of Internet radio programs especially if they are late night or any time you’re not around.

In General Settings you can choose between four different file types for the recorded output.

You can adjust the quality of the recorded audio as well.

Ease of Use – 7

Using Advanced Audio Recorder for internal computer audio is very easy once you get your sound card set up correctly.  For our tests we ran it on Windows 7 and needed to tweak the Creative sound card.  Vista users will also need to adjust the sound card following these instructions.  You will also need to make adjustments if your using Line-In or Microphone inputs for your recording.

First we had to go into Recording Sound Properties and Right-Click and check Show Disabled Devices which for our Creative SB X-Fi pulled up “What U Hear”.

Next, select to make this the default recording device and click OK.

Now when you start up any music player software or Web based audio you can see the movement in the sound meter in Advanced Audio Recorder.  Hit the speaker button to show the mixer window and make volume and source adjustments then simply hit the record button.

A recording message will flash while recording a track.  During recording you can pause or stop at any time.

You can toggle between the Mixer screen and the Recorded Files List where you can play back the recordings.

Performance – 7

We found the performance of this app to be fast and effective in recording from different media sources.  It is also very light on system resources while recording making it perfect for older or less powerful systems.

Product Support – 5

Unfortunately I was not able to find any customer or technical support on their website.  After some searching online I was able to find a contact email for them.  They do offer some instruction on the site and also a user manual which includes FAQ.

Conclusion

Advanced Audio Recorder has a surprising amount of great audio recording and editing features.  Another great advantage is being able to store your recording as MP3 or other file formats that let you take them with you on your portable music player.  They offer a limited 30 day trial then $29.95 after that.  We were able to get it to work great on XP, Vista, and Windows 7.

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Rating

• Installation: 7
• Ease of Use: 7
• Features: 8
• Performance: 7
• Product Support: 5