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

Update
	If you installed a previous version of Loop Recorder, you can simply
	install this new version to the same folder. Uninstallation is not
	required.

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 1.3a, January 2000
	- Another bugfix for Windows NT/2000

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 and normalize the level
		- 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