Audio Sound Recorder可以直接用于您的聲卡和CD/DVD播放器，您可以用完美的質量錄制幾乎所有的音頻，包括來自麥克風，線性輸入插座或CD播放器（CD ripping）。

所錄制的聲音可以保存在存儲器中以便使用，或者用以下格式存儲在硬盤里：WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG Vorbis, AAC, MP4, AIFF, AU, W64, PAF, SVX, NIST, VOC, IRCAM, PVF, CAF, FLAC, RAW，但也使用安裝在系統中的ACM解碼器；一個錄音會話完成后，就可以通過內置播放系統聽到錄制的聲音：如果你要更高級的播放性能（例如改變節拍和音高），可以將此組件與Active DJ Studio ActiveX 控件并用。

Active Sound Recorder可以對具有豐富可視化功能的錄制聲音波形進行深入分析，例如范圍選擇、縮放與偏移。錄制的聲音可以被編輯、重新取樣、與其他聲音混合以及輸出成不同格式：運行強大的口述軟件應用程序的理想方式。

如果沒有聲音，整合聲音激活系統可以自動暫停一個錄音會話：這樣可以幫助在存儲器和硬盤上節約有價值的空間。

Active Sound Recorder具有很多與互聯網相關聯的特征：它可以錄制來自互聯網URLs (HTTP, FTP or MMS)的聲音數據：它可以直接從WMA, MP3, OGG Vorbis, AAC 和AC3格式的網絡廣播訊息流中錄制聲音。錄制的會話內容可以上傳到FTP服務器。由于與FreeDb服務器的整合，這個控件可以獲得CD最近在ripping階段和在亞馬遜網站（如果可能的話）上的CDDB信息，同時還可以獲得CD封面照片。

同時可以支持定制DSP：您可以制作自己的DSP并把他們應用到正在錄制的音頻當中。

我們來看一下它的主要特點：

• 從任何在系統中可用的DirectSound兼容聲卡中錄音

• 支持半雙工設備（例如Phillips SpeechMike™）

• 錄音格式如下：WAV, AIFF, AU, W64, PAF, SVX, NIST, VOC, IRCAM, PVF, CAF, FLAC, RAW

• 通過外部Lame.exe編碼器錄制成MP3格式

• 通過外部OggEnc.exe編碼器錄制成OGG Vorbis格式

• 通過外部Faac.exe編碼器錄制成AAC和MP4格式

• 通過外部Windows Media 音頻組件錄制成WMA格式

• 通過安裝的Windows ACM編解碼器錄制（聲音壓縮管理器）

• 具有重取樣功能的全軌CD ripping

• CD軌段預定義部分的擷取

• 實時視覺反饋（電平表、示波器、頻譜分析儀和信號波形）

• 實時報告存儲器和文件大小占用量

• 聲音激活系統（自動跳躍靜默時間）

• 通過FreeDb服務器進行CDDB數據庫詢問

• 通過亞馬遜網站檢索CD封面圖片

• 通過“附加方式”、“插入方式”、“混合方式”和“重寫方式”重啟一個停止的錄音會話

• 基本的聲剪輯，有可能把部分聲音輸出到剪切板上（如需要更先進的聲剪輯功能，建議您將本控件與Active Sound Editor控件并用）

• 為電平表、頻譜分析儀和進度條的定制創建圖象條

• 支持生成波形位圖的波形分析

• 通過內置波形分析儀，利用先進的波形可視化做編輯

• 可直接從存儲在硬盤、存儲緩沖器或具有重取樣功能剪切板的聲音文件中錄音

• 可直接從具有重取樣功能的HTTP，FTP或MMS網站中錄音

• 配音可以應用到當前錄音會話中，也是用循環模式

• 可以導出具有重采樣功能的最新錄音會話的文件內容

• 將自動增益控制器應用到輸入端的數據中

• 將最新錄音會話上傳到FTP服務器

• 支持定制DSP

• 不必停止錄音會話，且不會丟失任何聲音數據就可以轉換輸出文件

Active Sound Recorder is designed to work directly with your sound card or with your CD/DVD player, so you can record almost any audio, including that from a microphone, a line-in jack or a CD player (CD ripping), at near-perfect quality.

Recorded sounds can be kept in memory for later use or stored on the hard disk using several formats: WAV, MP3, WMA, OGG Vorbis, AAC, MP4, AIFF, AU, W64, PAF, SVX, NIST, VOC, IRCAM, PVF, CAF, FLAC, RAW, but also using the ACM codecs installed inside the system; once a recording session has been completed, it's possible to hear recorded sound through the embedded playback system: if you need more sophisticated playback features (like changing tempo or pitch), consider using this component in conjunction with our Active DJ Studio ActiveX control.

Active Sound Recorder allows a deep analysis of the recorded sound waveform with rich visualisation capabilities like range selection, zooming and panning. Recorded sounds can be edited, resampled, mixed with other sounds and exported to different formats: the ideal solution for implementing powerful Dictation Software Applications.

The integrated Sound Activation System allows pausing a recording session automatically when no sound is being heard: this will help saving valuable space both in memory and on disk.

Active Sound Recorder comes with many Internet related features: it can record sound data coming from Internet URLs (HTTP, FTP or MMS): this allows recording directly from Internet radios streaming in WMA, MP3, OGG Vorbis, AAC and AC3 formats. Contents of a recording session can be uploaded to a FTP server. Thanks to the integration with FreeDb servers, the control can obtain CDDB information about the CD currently in ripping phase and, if available on the Amazon web site, the control can obtain the CD cover pictures as well.

Custom DSP effects are also supported: you can create your own DSP effects and apply them to the sound being recorded.

Let's see a brief summary of the available features:

• Recording from any DirectSound compatible sound card available inside the system
• Support for half-duplex devices (like the Phillips SpeechMike™)
• Recording in the following formats: WAV, AIFF, AU, W64, PAF, SVX, NIST, VOC, IRCAM, PVF, CAF, FLAC, RAW formats
• Recording in MP3 through the external Lame.exe encoder
• Recording in OGG Vorbis through the external OggEnc.exe encoder
• Recording in AAC and MP4 through the external Faac.exe encoder
• Recording in WMA through the external Windows Media Audio modules
• Recording through installed Windows ACM codecs (Audio Compression Manager)
• CD ripping of full tracks with resampling capabilities
• Ripping of predefined portion of CD tracks
• Real-time visual feedback (VU-Meter, Oscilloscope, Spectrum, Waveform display)
• Events for reporting memory or file size occupation in real time
• Sound Activation System (automatically skips silence periods)
• CDDB database queries through FreeDb servers
• CD cover pictures retrieval through Amazon Web Services
• Restart of a stopped recording session in "Append mode", "Insert mode", "Mix mode" and "Overwrite mode"
• Basic sound editing capabilities with possibility to export portions of sound to the clipboard (for more advanced editing capabilities we suggest using the control in conjunction with our Active Sound Editor control)
• Creation of graphic bars for custom displaying of Vu-Meters, Spectrum and Progress bars.
• Waveform analysis with support for generating the waveform bitmap
• Advanced waveform visualisation for editing purposes through the embedded Waveform Analyzer
• Support for recording directly from sound files stored on disk, memory buffer or clipboard with resampling capabilities
• Support for recording directly from HTTP, FTP or MMS sites with resampling capabilities
• A background sound can be applied to the current recording session, also in loop mode
• Support for exporting to file contents of the latest recording session with resampling capabilities
• Automatic Gain Controller applied to data coming from an input channel
• Uploading of the last recording session to a FTP server
• Support for custom DSP effects
• Support for switching the output file without stopping the recording session and without loosing any sound data.