[tmp] Re: Fwd: Some Notes on Recording with the Clip Zip
- From: Steve Matzura <number6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:13:01 -0400
I may--no, make that must--not have listened to the recording tute all
the way through. For that, I humbly apologize and whack myself over
the head with a wet noodle.
Sending to the wrong email list, my brain thought one thing, my
fingers had other ideas! LOL
On Wed, 18 Jun 2014 13:23:15 -0400, you wrote:
>Hi all,
>
>Looks like Steve sent this message to the wrong email addy and it
>reached only me.
>
>I'm forwarding it to the list with a couple of comments here.
>
>I believe I covered the pausing/unpausing of recording in the audio
>tutorial. Didn't I? At least I think I did.
>
>The reason one doesn't have spoken feedback while using the recording
>feature was explained to me by one of the RB devs. He stated that the
>sound chip is tied up when the recording feature is activated
>therefore no speech is capable while in that mode.
>
>And now, here's Steve's post...
>
>---------- Forwarded message ----------
>From: Steve Matzura <number6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 08:27:55 -0400
>Subject: Some Notes on Recording with the Clip Zip
>To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>Usually when I get a new piece of technology, I make it a point to
>learn everything about it that I can so that when I want to use a part
>or feature of it I've not used before, at least I have a little
>familiarity with what I'm about to do. That way, I don't feel like I'm
>starting from a position of no knowledge. Unfortunately, with my Clip
>Zip, I didn't do that, so when I went to use the recording feature
>this morning for the first time, I of course consulted Laz's recorded
>how-to, it told me everything I needed to know, and I successfully
>recorded and played back what I needed to.
>
>But I got to thinking: What do the ENTER or SELECT button and the
>POWER button do while recording if clicked only once? I made a
>recording with the built-in microphone and found out.
>
>While recording, the ENTER/SELECT key can be used to pause the
>recording and restart it again. Press once to pause, again to restart.
>There are no spoken prompts or status messages when ENTER/SELECT is
>pressed, so take appropriate precautions either not to accidentally
>press it while recording, which will pause it, or to remember how many
>times it's been pressed to make sure the recording is still taking
>place, or paused.
>
>The POWER button, pressed once, will stop the recording and remain in
>record mode. To start another recording--that is, to open a new file
>and commence writing to it using the same sound source--press the
>ENTER/SELECT button. While recording is stopped but the Zip is still
>in record mode, pressing POWER a second time will exit record mode and
>return to the main menu, positioned at the "Recording" menu item.
>Again, there are no spoken prompts or status messages when using this
>feature. If POWER is pressed once and the record mode is still active,
>you will know your recording has stopped and the file was closed. If
>the POWER button is pressed and you return to the main menu, you know
>you weren't recording.
>
>I hope you find this information useful.
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