Recordam is an elegant and easy-to-use application for audio recording which combines powerful high-quality audio recorder and convenient storage for recorded audio files.

To create a new audio recording you should go into the Audio Recording view first. To do this please click View > Audio Recording or press Control+Command+1.

Please note: The Audio Recording view is shown by default when you launch the application.

• ① Current device for sound input / Change device

• ② Current duration on the recording

• ③ Record

• ④ Input volume level

• ⑤ Current file size of the recording

• ⑥ Input volume control

Click the Change device button ① to choose a different device for sound input (if you have more than one available).

Please note: You can change the device for sound input only before the recording started.

To change input volume level click the Input volume control ⑥.

Click the Record button ③ to start recording. To pause recording, click the Record button ③ again; click it one more time to resume recording. To stop recoding click the Done button ⑦ (make sure that the recording is paused first) or press Command+Period(.).

Once the recording is stopped, you will be prompted to save this audio recording into the Recordam library. Here you can change the name of the audio recording as well as add author, subject or date.

To start playback you should open the Library view, and then double-click on the audio recording you want to play. To open the Library view please click View > Library or press Control+Command+3. To control playback you should open the Playback view. To do it please click View > Playback or press Control+Command+2.

Please note: You can directly open the Playback view and press the Play button. In this case, the first audio recording will be played.

• ① Title of the current playing audio recording

• ② Subject of the current playing audio recording

• ③ Current playback time

• ④ Playback duration indicator

• ⑤ Backward

• ⑥ Play / Pause

• ⑦ Forward

• ⑧ Total duration of the current playing audio recording

• ⑨ Volume control

Click the Play button ⑥ to start playing; to pause playing, click the Pause button ⑥. To stop playing press Command+Period(.).

To change volume level click the Volume control ⑨.

Click the Backward button ⑤ to play the previous audio recording in the Library. To play the next audio recording in the Library click the Forward button ⑦.

To move backward within an audio recording, Option-click the Backward button ⑤. Option-click on the Forward button ⑦ to move forward within an audio recording.

To go to a specific point in the audio recording, hold the Command key and scroll up or down in the Playback duration indicator ④.

You can use keyboard shortcuts — combinations of keys you press at the same time — to quickly accomplish many common tasks, such as start new recording or switch between views.

Many menu options include their keyboard shortcuts, such as ⌘N, where the symbol represents a “modifier key” on your keyboard.

Modifier key symbols are listed in the table below.

Command	⌘
Shift	⇧
Option	⌥
Control	⌃

You can use keyboard shortcuts to quickly accomplish many tasks in Recordam. To use a keyboard shortcut, press all the keys in the shortcut at the same time. Shortcuts for common commands are listed in the table below.

GENERAL

Add Library	Command-O
Show Inspector	Command-I
Rename Record	Shift-Command-R
Minimize	Command-M
Close	Command-W
Hide Recordam	Commmand-H
Hide Others	Option-Commmand-H
Quit Recordam	Command-Q
Increase the input or output volume	Command-Up Arrow
Decrease the input or output volume	Command-Down Arrow
Delete the selected audio recording from the Library	Command-Delete
Restore an audio recording	Option-Command-Delete
Show or Hide status bar	Command-/
Show Audio Recording View	Control-Command-1
Show Playback View	Control-Command-2
Show Library View	Control-Command-3

EDIT TEXT

Cut	Command-X
Copy	Command-C
Paste	Command-V
Select All	Command-A

Record Audio

Start recording	Command-R
Pause recording or Resume recording	Command-R
Stop recording	Command-Period (.)

Playback

Start playing or pause the selected audio recording	Space bar
Stop playing	Command-Period (.)
Play the next audio recording in the Library	Command-Right Arrow
Play the previous audio recording in the Library	Command-Left Arrow
Move forward or backward within an audio recording	Option-Click in Playback view
Show the currently playing audio recording in the list	Command-L