README

Total Recorder version 1.0

1. Total Recorder is a sound recording tool. This software product records
sound generated by other computer programs and saves it in wave-file 
format. For example, you can use Total Recorder to record audio files 
from the Internet or to record music from a game program.

Total Recorder uses a virtual sound driver to capture the sound output 
from another program. By installing this driver, and setting this device 
as the default, different sound reproducing programs send their output 
stream to Total Recorder's driver and not to the driver of a real device. 
Total Recorder then passes the information to the sound card driver.

To use Total Recorder, you need the following:
- an IBM compatible computer
- a sound card 
- Microsoft Windows 95 or later.

2. Total Recorder is shipped as a self-extracting archive TotRec10.exe 
Follow this procedure to install Total Recorder on your PC:

Step 1: Install the program files

Run TotRec10.exe. This creates a directory for Total Recorder, copies all of the files to that directory, and creates a Program Group called Total Recorder.

Step 2: Install and configure a driver

You need to install a virtual driver so that Total Recorder is able to record as well as play. This process is similar to that used for installing a sound card driver. For details, see manual included to the package.

3. Total Recorder is a shareware program. 

4. There is a full functional version in this package. After installing and verifying the program works properly, you should obtain a registration key from High Criteria (http://www.highcriteria.com/products.htm). If the program is unregistered then your recordings are limited to 40 seconds each.

5. In the event of questions or problems contact the author support@highcriteria.com.

