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Downloadable recorded audio

Rick N0VT
Rick N0VT Member ✭✭
edited August 2020 in SmartSDR for Windows
Is it possible to download recorded slice receiver audio?  All a search turned up was 5 year old responses that said "no, but that capability may be added in the future."  Was it?

73
Rick WR0H

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  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin
    Answer ✓

    Rick, to answer your question. Not today on Windows. I think you can on the MAC.

    In my case, I use VoiceMeeter all the time to manage all my audio, just like a mixer, so I can do a quick 1 click. I know that isn't what you want, but it is something you can have today if required.

    73

  • Rick N0VT
    Rick N0VT Member ✭✭
    edited September 30 Answer ✓

    Thanks Mike--Voicemeeter looks promising for a number of handy tasks. I'm going to give it a test drive if I can figure out how to use it with DAX.

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  • Bill -VA3WTB
    Bill -VA3WTB Member ✭✭✭
    edited April 2020
    We can not record and save the recording so we can export it. What many do is use Audacity to record, then export the file to use. So simple.
  • Rick N0VT
    Rick N0VT Member ✭✭
    edited April 2020
    So needless.
  • Geoff AB6BT
    Geoff AB6BT Member ✭✭✭
    edited April 2020
    Unless, of course, if you have to write the code...
  • Joe N3HEE
    Joe N3HEE Member ✭✭
    edited April 2020
    I wrote a some Windows Powershell code that can record audio from the active slice and save it to your hard drive.  It uses Fmedia to record the audio.  It requires DAX to be configured and running. I programmed buttons on my Touch Portal touch display to record and playback the audio.  You could also do this without Touch Portal by simply executing the scripts manually.  

    I also wrote some code to tune the radio to a specific frequency at a specific time and record the audio for a specific period of time.  This is great for capturing nets, W1AW code practice sessions, shortwave broadcasts, etc.  This uses the Windows Task Scheduler to call other scripts to tune the radio and start recording audio.  I call it SkedTune.

    These are just a couple of examples of having fun with Flex Radio and extending it's functionality !

    I'm happy to share this with anyone who wants to try it.

    Joe
  • Mike VE3CKO
    Mike VE3CKO Member ✭✭✭
    edited April 2020
    Again, I must point out 3rd Party software. This time I'm referring to FRlogger by WS7M that does a spectacular job of recording and playing back audio from Flexradio 6000 series.
    From the AUDIO tab you can record from any DAX or Mic Audio with a click of a button, saved as wave file, playback through local computer or through radio with a click of a button. FRlogger does much more but this is a very nice feature. You can move any wave file you created to the Audio sub-directory of the program and it gets listed and available for use.

  • Joe N3HEE
    Joe N3HEE Member ✭✭
    edited April 2020
    Indeed !  I forgot about FRLogger having that capability.  It does work quite well.
  • Rick N0VT
    Rick N0VT Member ✭✭
    edited April 2020
    My logger (DXKeeper) will record audio--it's just not always open when I want to grab something on the fly.  It seems like that would be a relatively simple feature considering everything else the radio does.  But I seem to have a knack for not using the complicated bells and whistles it has and wanting the little things it won't do.
  • Bill -VA3WTB
    Bill -VA3WTB Member ✭✭✭
    edited April 2020
    Rick it would seem that yes it would be really simple to make it happen in SSDR. But reality it's not simple at all. SSDR is nothing than a user interface, it does no thinking, no processing, and it is not even using a hard drive other than being installed on it. Dax is used to connect audio to the hard drive and it's a separate program outside of SSDR although they both install at the same time. For this reason we rely on other software to record that connects to Dax. There are several.

    This is one thing that makes Flex very different from all other radios, being able to use other recording software along with SSDR seamlessly as if the software is actually in SSDR it self.
    Using other software to do many things with Flex is not a negative thing,,it is a benefit in many ways. If only others would take advantage of 3rd party software and take the Flex experience to higher levels.
  • sfraasch
    sfraasch Member
    I installed "Audacity". Run FlexRadio DAX and note your active "Rx Streams." Inside "Audacity", go to "Audio Setup" then "Recording Device" then choose the appropriate "DAX Audio RXn" or "DAX Audio Rx1" in my case. Return to Audacity and you can start a recording.

    Steve, K0SF
  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin
    edited September 26

    I use VoiceMeeter with its built in "tape recorder"

    It takes a bit to understand if you have never used an audio mixer, but once you figure it out, it really rocks.

  • VE7ATJ_Don
    VE7ATJ_Don Member ✭✭✭✭

    Windows also provides the Sound Recorder app which is a bit simpler than Audacity or VoiceMeeter.

  • Erik Carling EI4KF
    Erik Carling EI4KF Member ✭✭✭

    SDC as well. For any mode.

    Either constant or auto records QSOs.

  • Rick N0VT
    Rick N0VT Member ✭✭

    I understand that there are all kinds of ways to record using third party apps. My original question (from 4 years ago!) was posted because I was looking for a way to record/playback on the fly. My goal was to be able to click on the red "quick record" dot (which would take a second or two where starting up a 3rd party recording app would take minutes) and then be able to find that recording somewhere on my PC.

    73, Rick N0VT

  • Mike-VA3MW
    Mike-VA3MW Administrator, FlexRadio Employee, Community Manager, Super Elmer, Moderator admin

    Yep, understand fully.

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