Loop Recorder: Sound Recording for Windows 95, 98 and NT
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Loop Recorder Homepage
	Updates and Online registration
	http://www.config.de/LoopRecorder/

Loop Recorder by
	Thomas Riechmann <riechmann@cs.fau.de>
	http://www4.cs.fau.de/~riechman/
	Gerald Riechmann <grichman@cs.tu-berlin.de>
	http://user.cs.tu-berlin.de/~grichman/

Installation
	1. Extract all files to a new empty directory
	2. Run (doubleclick) SwSetup.exe

Uninstallation
	1. Open the Control Panel
	2. Doubleclick Software
	3. Doubleclick Loop Recorder

Help System
	Click the Help-button or press F1 to open Loop Recorder's Help.

	To use the help system, you might need Microsoft's HTML-Help
	Update on older Win95-systems. You can download it at:

	http://msdn.microsoft.com/workshop/author/htmlhelp/localize.asp

	Also MS Internet Explorer 3, 4 or 5 is required for the help.
	http://www.microsoft.com/ie/


Loop Recorder Version History
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Loop Recorder Version 1.3, January 2000
	- A new improved user interface!
	- Real start and end time/date displayed in Editor windows.
	- Bug fix: On NT systems with certain sound cards, Loop Recorder freezed
	  when the recording was stopped.

Loop Recorder Version 1.2, November 1999
	- MP3-support: You can now save recorded audio directly as mp3
	  files, if you have the audio compression codec.
	- Simultaneous recording and editing and saving!
		- You can open multiple editors, while the recording keeps on
		  running.
		- After cutting and saving one song you can start cutting the
		  next one before the first saving is complete.
	- Mixer restoration now works with the new Sound Blaster soundcards
	  too.
	- The timer automation for the continuous mode now has more options.
	- Systemtray support.
	- New button to start the mixer in the record mode.
	- Time settings with new pull down menus

Loop Recorder Version 1.1, June 1999
	- We proudly introduce the brandnew Editor:
		- Prelisten the recorded audio
		- Preview the wave
		- Trim the edges
		- Fade in and out
		- Save one or more tracks from a recorded session
	- 64bit support to handle recorded audio data up to 16 GB per recording
	  session.

Loop Recorder Version 1.0, May 1999
	- Loop Recording
	- Continuous Recording (with automatic timed saving)
	- Scheduled Recording with the System Agent
	- Mixer restoration on startup
	- Bypass Cache (Direct disk access), Bypass Message Queue
	- Multiple audio formats (44100, 22050, ..., mono and stereo)
	- Enhanced audio settings (buffersize and granularity)
	- Custom Temp-folder
	- Quick edit with external software

Plans for future Versions might be
	- Support for external files in the Editor.
	- Build in MP2 support for those, who don't have the MP3 codec

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 2000 Thomas Riechmann, Gerald Riechmann