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What is groovemonitor utility in startup
GrooveMonitor is a utility that sits in your Taskbar Notification Area and monitors the state of your microphone. If you’re recording sound with Windows Sound Recorder or another audio application, GrooveMonitor notifies you when the sound clip reaches a preset volume threshold by flashing its own taskbar icon and playing an audible alert. For example, have you ever been recording a sound clip on your PC and totally lost in concentration? Have you ever had your microphone get bumped or turned on by accident and all of a sudden, your recording is filled with loud, obnoxious feedback? Do you wish Windows Sound Recorder included a visual alert when it reached the end of a sound clip? If you’ve answered “Yes” to any of these questions or have a similar need, GrooveMonitor is the answer!
What is GrooveMonitor?
How it works
When recording a sound clip using Windows Sound Recorder or another audio application, GrooveMonitor sits quietly in the Taskbar Notification Area and monitors the state of your microphone. When it notices sound levels have reached the preset threshold, GrooveMonitor notifies you by flashing its own icon in the Taskbar and playing a quiet chime, which is useful if your PC is noisy or you have your headphones on.
When you are ready to record, simply move your mouse over the flashing icon and a small window will pop up showing the recording controls. Clicking on the record button starts the recording process, which simply writes a new WAV file in your default recording directory (usually c:\users\your-name\audio). When you stop the recording, a file named ‘GrooveMonitor’ will appear in your default download directory (by default Windows downloads files to c:\users\your-name\downloads).
GrooveMonitor is designed to work on its own, without any installation or configuration. Launching it for the first time will ask you to choose a folder for the downloaded files (this folder can be anywhere you like, it does not need to be in your downloads directory).
Benefits of using groovemonitor
GrooveMonitor is an extremely useful utility for people who like to record sound clips but don’t always want to stare at the Sound Recorder window to see if it has reached the end of the clip. If you find yourself recording a lot of short voice clips, you’ll admire how easy it is to become distracted and miss the end of a recording. What happens next? You don’t even know how long the clip is, so you can’t save it or open it in Sound Recorder. With GrooveMonitor, you won’t miss the end of your recordings again!
If you lose your recordings, no problem. Just fish them from your Recycle Bin and add a play/pause button to your toolbar. They’re saved for you in a folder with the name of the file plus “-%d” appended to the end. When you play them in GrooveMonitor, it will default to starting at 0:00:00:00, but you can change that if you want.
If you switch between fully-automated recording using Sound Recorder and recording with a click-and-drag mouse button, this is the best way to make sure you don’t interrupt your recordings.
Another reason to use GrooveMonitor is that you can record while you’re part of a chat session or while other people are talking. GrooveMonitor will let conversation continue without missing or losing what your friend is saying.
How to use groovemonitor
Before using GrooveMonitor, make sure you enable the Taskbar Notification Area feature in Windows 2000 or newer versions. Next, right-click GrooveMonitor in the Taskbar Notification Area and select “Change Notification Settings”. The window that appears will allow you to enable either visual or audible notifications. The default setting is “Visual”, which means you see the GrooveMonitor icon flash when sound levels reach the threshold. “Audible” also flashes the GrooveMonitor icon but plays a tone, so it’s a bit easier to hear when you want to stop recording.
Next, right-click GrooveMonitor in the Taskbar Notification Area and select “Configure”. The next window will allow you to configure the thresholds for the Normal (the default setting), Low, and High settings. You can also change the threshold for when notifications should occur automatically.
You’ll also find a checkbox labeled “Lock to specific volume”. If checked, it means that GrooveMonitor will only monitor sound levels at or below a specified volume. You can check or uncheck this box at any time to adjust the volume threshold.
“How to use groovemonitor” is now complete. The complete article will appeared on your computer screen after using the above steps.
Groovemonitor pricing and features
GrooveMonitor is completely free to use and does not require any extra software or hardware. You can download GrooveMonitor for Windows 2000 or newer versions of Windows from http:www.groovemonitor.com . The “GrooveMonitor Lite” version, which is available for free to anyone who has a GrooveMonitor based application installed on their computer, lets you enable or disable the GrooveMonitor function for that particular application. The full feature version illustrates how you can use GrooveMonitor to monitor any sound level between -20 dB and +12 dB in 10 dB increments. It is also capable of changing the volume level of the monitored sound level so that it can monitor and control audio from any application.
Why would someone want to use GrooveMonitor ? Well let’s look at some examples:
1.Parents can use GrooveMonitor to control the volume level of their child’s games. Setting a silent time during which game volume must remain below a certain level will force the child to play quietly.
2. Anyone can use GrooveMonitor to keep games and other applications from raising the volume level at inappropriate times. This can help eliminate unwanted pop-up sounds from webpages or games that you are trying to navigate.
