[tmp] Re: Fwd: Some Notes on Recording with the Clip Zip

  • From: Laz <lazmesa6@xxxxxxxxx>
  • To: tmp@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
  • Date: Wed, 18 Jun 2014 14:25:43 -0400

No worries, Steve. I'm just not sure if I covered the pause option on
the audio tutorial or not and don't have time to listen through it
right now.

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Regards,

Laz

On 6/18/14, Steve Matzura <number6@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 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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