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This page provides brief instructions on using the OnlyR audio recording software. It runs on Windows 10 and requires .NET framework 4.6.1
Download and run the OnlyRSetup.exe file. OnlyR doesn't install system DLLs, register files or otherwise mess with your system. When installation is complete, run OnlyR from the desktop shortcut or Windows Start menu. The main application window is shown below:
Click the Settings button to display the Settings window as shown below:
Settings are as follows:
- Recording device - The Windows recording device to use.
- Sample rate - The rate at which audio is sampled (higher = better quality / larger file size). Default is 44100 kHz.
- Channels - Mono or stereo. Choose mono unless recording music.
- MP3 bit-rate - A metric used when encoding audio in MP3 format (higher = better quality / larger file size). Default is 96 kbits/s which is good enough for speech.
- Max recording time - The maximum time OnlyR will record.
- Fade out recordings - When stopping a recording, OnlyR will fade out the audio over a few seconds.
- Genre - The text to place in the MP3 Genre tag.
- Recording folder - The root folder for storing recordings. Leave blank to accept the default (MyDocuments\OnlyR).
Click the Recordings... button to open a Windows Explorer window at the location of recorded files. By default, OnlyR stores recordings in the MyDocuments\OnlyR folder, and within date-specific sub-folders.
Click the Record button to start recording. The Volume meter displays the volume level. If necessary, you can adjust the volume using the Windows recording volume app. Audio is recorded directly to MP3 file in a temporary location and when you click the Stop button the file is transferred to the recording destination (See the Recordings... button in the Settings window).
You can specify the "/id=" command-line option to include a unique identifier when storing settings and recordings. For example, if you append "/id=Warwick" (without the quotation marks) to the target of an OnlyR desktop shortcut and then launch the program, your recordings will be stored in the MyDocuments\OnlyR\Warwick folder. Additionally, any settings you create will be specific to the "Warwick" shortcut.
The "-nogpu" switch can be specified if you want to disable all hardware graphics acceleration for the OnlyR application. This should only be used if the main window does not render properly (very occasionally a graphics device driver is incompatible with Microsoft WPF applications).
OnlyR keeps a log of basic information and errors in the MyDocuments\OnlyR\Logs folder.