What's New in LP Recorder

Version 11.1.1 © 2000-2021 CFB Software
Last Updated 28 Oct 2021

Windows Support

LP Recorder is supported on both Windows 10 and Windows 11.

• Support is no longer available for older versions of Windows.
  
  
• LP Recorder's Installation and Uninstall executables are digitally signed to validate authenticity and integrity.

Split Tracks

If you have finished recording an LP or cassette and want to separate it into tracks ready to burn to a CD or convert to MP3 files, select Split Tracks from the File menu. This will launch the separate LP Ripper program if it has been installed on your system and it will automatically open the recording you have just made.

Audio Settings

Recording type

Select one of the following three options:

• Stereo: (Recommended) The original is a stereo recording. LP Recorder creates a 2-channel WAV file with different left and right channels suitable for burning a stereo CD. When played back, the sound will be heard from both speakers in realistic stereo.
  
• 2-channel Mono: The original is a mono recording. LP Recorder creates a 2-channel WAV file with identical left and right channels suitable for burning to a CD or being processed by other software that requires 2-channel files. When played back, the sound will appear to come from a fixed position between the two speakers.
  
• Mono: The original is a mono recording. LP Recorder creates a single-channel WAV file which is half the size of a 2-channel recording. It is suitable for playing on a computer or converting to a mono MP3 file. It cannot be copied to an Audio CD or be processed by other software that requires 2-channel files.

Recording time limit

If you are unable to use the Auto stop feature with your audio equipment you can now set a time limit for each recording so that LP Recorder will not continue recording silence once your LP or tape has finished playing. 

The recording will automatically stop when the Recorded time shown on the main LP Recorder screen reaches the time limit. The minimum value allowed for the time limit is five minutes; the maximum value is 3 hours and 20 minutes - equivalent to the maximum WAV file size of 2GB.

Preferences

If file exists

When you attempt to record to a file that already exists you can append the new recording to the existing file or delete the existing file. You can select your preference from one of three options:

• Display a warning: When you press the record button, LP Recorder will display a warning dialog which allows you to choose to either delete the existing file and create a new one, or add the new recording to the end of the existing recording. 

• Append to it: When you press the record button, LP Recorder will automatically add the new recording to the end of the existing recording without prompting you.
  
• Delete it: When you press the record button, LP Recorder will automatically delete the existing recording and create a new one with the same name without prompting you.

Show Special Folder names

A number of Special Folders with names such as Documents, Music etc. (My Documents, My Music on some versions of Windows) are pre-installed on Windows systems. These names are abbreviations for username-specific folders. When one of these Special Folders is selected in the Folder or Filename box on the main LP Recorder screen the Special Folder name is displayed instead of the full name.

Uncheck this option if you want to see the full names of the Special Folders wherever they appear on LP Recorder screens. 

NOTE: The full folder names (e.g. c:\Documents and Settings\<username>\My Documents\My Music) are shown in a tooltip when you hover the mouse over a Special Folder name.

Miscellaneous

File > New has been renamed to File > Open. It is primarily used to open existing WAV files to playback in LP Recorder but it can also be used to select an existing recording to be appended to, or to be recorded over. If the existing file is a valid WAV file, its length (time) is shown in the Time Recorded display.

Directories are now referred to as Folders throughout. Folder names can only be entered via a dialog box to help ensure that a valid, existing, folder is chosen and to support the display of Special Folder names.

An error message is displayed if Auto stop causes the recording to be stopped after 20 seconds because no input signal is detected. This most common cause is that the audio equipment has not been correctly connected to the computer.

The Trial version is clearly identified on the title bar.

If Xitel's INport USB recording device is connected and identified by Windows it is not included in the Playback device list. The INport can only be used as a Recording device so this prevents it from being selected for playback by mistake.

The Recording Selection option, balance and mute controls used in some earlier versions are no longer supported.