Black Cat Systems announced on Tuesday the availability of version 5.0.0 of its Audiocorder software, a Universal Application.

Audiocorder allows a Mac to act as a sophisticated audio recorder. "In one mode, it operates as a volume operated (VOX) automated audio recorder. This allows you to set the volume that the sound must reach to begin recording, and the volume at which it should end recording. It also allows you to set the trigger length for the start and stop values, which helps you to eliminate recording short bursts of sound or ending the recording process during a short pause (such as in normal speech). This allows Audiocorder to function as an automated and unattended recorder.

"Audiocorder may also be programmed with a recording schedule, specifying when it should start and stop recording, much like a VCR. In addition, you can performed a timed recording, specifying how long the recording period should last.

"It may also be used as a normal manually operated recorder. A button is included to stop recording to one file and start recording to another, making it easy to manually split an album or CD into individual files, one for each song or track," said Black Catis Chris Smolinski.

Audio Recorder requires Mac OS X 10.1.3 or later and is priced at US$19.99.

Black Cat Systems Audiocorder