WireTap Studio's simple and elegant controller lets you access the most commonly used features from any program, at any time. The WireTap Studio controller is designed to float on your desktop and allow you to control your recording without making WireTap Studio the front most application. You can click and move the controller, set the source for recordings choose a file format from the preset menu and turn LivePreview™ on or off while still interacting with the application you are recording from. To bring WireTap Studio forward, double click on the controller or click on the WireTap Studio icon in the Dock.

The WireTap Studio controller consists of a display, and controls.

The controller display shows the source - application icons for a specified application, a speaker for Mac audio, and a Microphone for Line-in; the duration of the current recording, the file size of the current recording, and volume meters. Directly beneath the volume meters is a small document button for the Format Presets popup menu.

Across the bottom of the controller are the Record, Stop, Pause and LivePreview™ buttons. Use the LivePreview™ button to listen to the source audio encoded at the settings you have chosen before you commit to the recording. To monitor the source audio at its original quality with no encoding, option-click on the LivePreview™button.

To access all of the controls for the WireTap Studio controller, including the Source menus, the File Format, Effects and WireTap Studio Library buttons, double click or click and drag on the bottom of the controller.

Set the source in the Source popup menus. Set the file type in the Format Presets popup menu, or access the File Format pane of the preferences for more control. Add any audio effects. Then simply click on Record to begin recording, and then Stop to end the recording.

You can also use a hot key, set in the General pane of the preferences, to make recordings with the controller. Just press the hotkey(s) to start the recording, and then use the same hotkey(s) to stop the recording.

See also

Recording with WireTap Studio
Setting the Source
Setting the File Format
Setting the Save Options
Splitting Recordings Automatically
Timed Recordings with the WireTap Studio Controller