High Criteria Inc. Announces the Immediate Availability of Total Recorder Professional Edition, Total Recorder Standard Edition and Total Recorder Developer Edition, Versions 4.1.

December 17, 2002, Toronto, Canada

High Criteria Inc, a world leader in computer audio recording systems, today announced the immediate availability of new versions of its flagship product, Total Recorder. The Standard Edition, Professional Edition and the Developer Edition have all been upgraded to Version 4.1.

Total Recorder V4.1 offers a number of new features including support for recording and playback of Ogg Vorbis audio files. 

In addition to support for Ogg Vorbis, Total Recorder Standard Edition also introduces the new Jump feature. The Jump feature allows the user to specify a point or points, within the sound file, to which Total Recorder will jump. Use of this facility will allow users to jump to within 1/10 of a second of a particular position within the file. The previous 10 jump points will always be saved by Total Recorder. Various fixes were also introduced in the Standard Edition, V4.1 release.

The Professional Edition V4.1 introduces a number of new features including:

• Support for the recording and playback of Ogg Vorbis audio files.
• A "Split Now" feature has been implemented. The Split Now feature is a button on the tool bar that allows the user to request that the current file be split. Clicking the tool bar button initiates the immediate splitting of the file. Recording will continue into a new file, without interruption or the loss of any of the sound stream.
• The automated Split Mode feature has also been enhanced, so that it is now possible to split (close the current recording file, but continue to record into a new file) a recording based on the level of recorded sound. If the level falls below a predetermined threshold, for a specified duration, then the file can be automatically split using this feature.
• Stop Recording features have been enhanced to include the ability to stop the recording function, based on the level of recorded sound.
• For scheduled recordings, Total Recorder may now request that the player or other application be closed, after a recording session has completed. This new feature can be of help when it is important that the player shut down, prior to the beginning of another scheduled recording session.
• Support for the new Jump feature, as described above.
• Support for a new Sound Image view. The Sound Image view provides a visual representation of the characteristics of the sound data. This view may be activated and deactivated from the View pull down menu. An image of this feature is provided below. In the image, the selected sound file has three separate songs. The sound image display shows the two dips in the audio level, indicating the points between the songs. The upper display represents the entire file, while the lower display is local to the area around the red line indicator in the upper display.

The Total Recorder Developer Edition has been updated to the V4.1 level. This new Developer Edition release includes all of the features and functionality that is available in the Total Recorder Professional Edition.

All Total Recorder V4.1 Editions are immediately available and may be downloaded for evaluation and purchased from the High Criteria Web Site at www.highcriteria.com. 

The Standard Edition is available for $11.95 U.S.

The Professional Edition is available for $35.95 U.S. For a limited time, registered users of Total Recorder Standard Edition may upgrade to the Professional Edition for an upgrade fee of $24.00 U.S. Upgrade users should note that installation of the Professional Edition will remove the Standard Edition from the PC. If you evaluate the Professional Edition and decide not to proceed with a purchase, then you must re-install the Standard Edition, including the specification of your Standard Edition registration key. Standard Edition registration keys are not compatible with the Professional Edition.

The Developer Edition V4.1 is available for $99.95 U.S. This new version of the Developer Edition has all of the features and functionality of the Professional Edition.

For a limited time, registered users of Total Recorder Professional Edition may upgrade to the Developer Edition for an upgrade fee of $64.00 U.S. Upgrade users should note that installation of the Developer Edition will remove the Professional Edition from the PC. If you evaluate the Developer Edition and decide not to proceed with a purchase, then you must re-install the Professional Edition, including the specification of your Professional Edition registration key. Professional Edition registration keys are not compatible with the Developer Edition.

Total Recorder Standard Edition, Version 4.1 is available, free of charge, to purchasers of previous versions of Total Recorder Standard Edition. Existing customers may download and install the new version. Version 3.x registration keys are valid for any 4.x version. If a previous 3.x or 4.x version of the software is already installed, users don't need to uninstall it, just run the V4.1 Setup.exe. The Setup program will remove the previous version, and will preserve all the settings, including the registration key.

Total Recorder Professional Edition, Version 4.1 is available, free of charge, to purchasers of previous versions of Total Recorder Professional Edition. Existing customers may download and install the new version. If a previous 4.0 version of the Professional Edition is already installed, users don't need to uninstall it, just run the V4.1 Setup.exe. The Setup program will remove the previous version, and will preserve all the settings, including the registration key.

If a user has a version 1.x or 2.x copy of Total Recorder Standard Edition, then they must obtain a new registration key by using the self-service registration key management system. This system uses the email address under which the product was originally purchased. If this email address is no longer valid, then users requiring a new key should email High Criteria at support@highcriteria.com. Users should specify their registration name and E-mail address from the time of registering and their new E-mail address.

Total Recorder Developer Edition, Version 4.1 is available, free of charge, to purchasers of previous versions of Total Recorder Developer Edition. Existing customers may download and install the new version. If a previous version of the Developer Edition is already installed, users don't need to uninstall it, just run the V4.1 Setup.exe. The Setup program will remove the previous version, and will preserve all the settings. The registration key, however, has been altered for the V4.1 Developer Edition.

If you are a V3.4 Developer Edition user and you want to upgrade to V4.1, then they must obtain a new registration key by using the self-service registration key management system. This system uses the email address under which the product was originally purchased. If this email address is no longer valid, then users requiring a new key should email High Criteria at support@highcriteria.com. Users should specify their registration name and E-mail address from the time of registering and their new E-mail address.