You can continue increasing the directional rate up to sixty times the normal speed.

Quicktime Player Mac Isnt A

Sure, QuickTime Player for Mac isnt a full-fledged digital audio workstation (DAW), but when you need to a quick (no pun intended) recording, this built-in tool should be your favorite stand-by.

By tacking the word player to the name, Apple practically begs users to dismiss what this application is capable of.

Sure, it will play your audio and video files, but thats just the tip of the iceberg.

Quicktime Player Mac OS X 10

Were using Mac OS X 10.10.5 for this example (Player version 10.4 (833.7)).

When you first open the application, it does its best to stay true to its name by asking for a file to open.

Were just going to ignore this (though, if you want to actually open a file, dont let us stop you).

In fact, well be doing most of our work for this tutorial straight from the File menu.

The menu is opened by selecting the inverted caret next to the record button.

The computers available microphones (audio inputs) are displayed, as well as the option to select either High or Maximum quality.

Your selection really only depends on the needs of your end product.

The Record button changes to a Stop button and the total running time and file size both begin to tick upwards as the audio file is being created.

Oh, and dont forget to say something.

When youre done with your recording, simply select the Stop button.

Lets take a look at what each of these new features offer us.

If you want to add a tag (or tags) to your file, select it from the Tags field drop-down.

Finally, select a location in which to save your file from the Where drop-down menu.

Notice that Untitled has now been replaced by the new name you entered.

Click on this selector and a pop-up menu appears, which is very similar to the Save dialog window we just covered.

In fact, you can change the name, add or remove tags, and change the file location from this pop-up.

Accessing this menu prior to using the standard Save option would only allow you to set the tags, so remember to always save first.

Selecting the Play button in the center will start playback of your audio file.

Selecting the Pause button will stop the recording at its current location.

The playhead begins moving at twice the normal rate, and a 2x appears next to the button indicating the speed.

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