Recording Audio via DXKeeper Capture window

If you have a soundcard whose input is connected to your transceiver's audio output, you can use the Capture window to initiate and terminate the recording of an audio file in .wav format at 6K bytes per second.

• the audio file's name will be Audio-YYYY-MM-DD-HH-NN-SS.wav (where YYYY-MM-DD-HH-NN-SS is a date-and-timestamp specifying the moment at which recording began)

• the audio file will be saved in the folder MyDocuments\DXLab\QSOAudio, which will be automatically created if it does not yet exist; clicking the DXKeeper Audio Recording Configuration window's Display button will direct Windows Explorer to display the contents of this folder

The Capture window provides an Audio button between its Clear and Log buttons:

The icon present on this button indicates the current state of audio recording, and the action that will be taken when the button is next clicked:

In the Recording or Recorded states,

• Shift-clicking the Capture window's Log button will log the QSO and

  1. replace the word Audio in the recorded audio filename with the Call specified in the Capture window, e.g. P5DX-2016-04-01 01:02:03

  2. place the recorded audio filename in the QSO's audio file item, accessible via the Details panel on the Main window's Log QSOs tab

• Alt-clicking the Capture window's Log button will log the QSO and discard any recorded audio or audio file

To play the audio in a logged QSO's audio file item, either click in the item (in the Details panel on the Main window's Log QSOs tab), or right-click the QSO's entry in the Log Page Display and select the Play Audio command at the bottom.

Setup

1. Display the DXKeeper Audio Recording Configuration window by CTRL-clicking the or button, or by clicking the Audio Recording Config button at the bottom of the Configuration window's General tab

2. In the DXKeeper Audio Recording Configuration window

   1. check the Enable box to enable the Capture window's Audio button

   2. use the Soundcard selector to select the sound card connected to your transceiver's audio output

With Audio Recording enabled, you can also display the DXKeeper Audio Recording Configuration window by depressing the CTRL key while clicking the Capture window's button.

Typical Usage Scenario

To record a DX station's response in case you'll need it for future reference,

1. when the DX station responds to your call, start recording by clicking the button

2. at the end of the DX station's transmission, stop recording by clicking the button

3. then,

   • to immediately discard the recorded audio, depress the Alt key while clicking the button

   • to play the recorded audio, click the button

   • to save the recorded audio without including the audio filename in the logged QSO's audio file item, depress the Shift key while clicking the button; to save the recorded audio and include the audio filename in the logged QSO's audio file item, depress the Shift key while clicking the Log button

Additional Options

If the Automatically start and stop recording option is enabled in the DXKeeper Audio Recording Configuration window, DXKeeper will automatically record each QSO's audio and include the audio filename with the logged QSO:

• inserting a character into the Capture window's Call item either directly or by the action of an another application (other than WinWarbler) in any state other than Recording will start audio recording and set the state to Recording

• invoking the Capture window's Log function by button click or keyboard shortcut will log the QSO and

  1. replace the word Audio in the recorded audio filename with the Call specified in the Capture window

  2. place the recorded audio filename in the QSO's audio file item, accessible via the Details panel on the Main window's Log QSOs tab

  3. set the state to Recorded (so the most recent audio file can be played)

• invoking the Capture window's Clear function by button click, keyboard shortcut, or directive from another application will stop audio recording and abandons the recorded audio file

If the Automatically delete QSO Audio file option is enabled in the DXKeeper Audio Recording Configuration window, deleting a QSO that specifies an audio file will delete that audio file.

To display the DXKeeper Audio Recording Configuration window, depress the CTRL key while clicking the Capture window's button, or click the Audio Recording Config button at the bottom of the Configuration window's General tab.

Editing Recorded Audio

The pathname of the file containing a logged QSO's audio is available in that QSO's audio file item, located in the Details panel on the Main window's Log QSOs tab. You can edit the contents of this file using the free-ware Audacity editor.

Recording Audio from Both Left and Right Channels (de Wolf DK1FW)

The audio recorded by DXKeeper is monophonic. To record audio from both the left and right channels, use the free Voicemeeter application, a virtual sound mixer that can select a stereo soundcard as its input and create a virtual soundcard whose monophonic output contains audio from both of the stereo soundcard's channels.

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