re.corderowner’s manualre.corder

Owner’s Manual
1.0beta February 2021

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Table of Contents…description…good handling habits…quick start with the app…app advanced use…windows re.corder router…care and troubleshooting…regulatory and certification…warranty

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Description
Congratulations for your new instrument! Artinoise re.corder is a
traditional, acoustic soprano recorder which contains a cuttingedge streamlined and connected electronic that can open up
endless possibilities of playing and composing. You can play it
many different modes, starting from the traditional one (acoustic)
exactly like a standard soprano (descant) recorder, up to a endlesspossibilities digital musical instrument when you connect to ourapp. You can also use the re.corder to play virtual instruments on
any BLE-MIDI compatible platform (MAC, PC, Linux). The following
pictures describes the most important part of the instrument.

1 Mouthpiece, windway and lip sensor: The mouthpiece, also calledembouchure, allows the player to breath into the instrument, generating
notes and giving expression to the sound. The windway shapes the air flow
to focus on the labium edge. The re.corder electronics detect the presenceof your lips to allow continuous calibration and enabling its output. Insidere.corderowner’s manual

the windway there is also the heart of your musical expression, the sensor
which detects your breath force.

2 Window and Labium: The window and the labium are the heart of theacoustic instrument, here the air starts to vibrate and create sounds which
are then tuned by the player’s fingers closing the tone holes.

3 Mute with strap ring: When the player wants to use the digital features
and/or stopping emitting acoustic sounds, can put the mute into thewindow to divert the air flow outside of the recorder, making it silent.
Obviously you can also play the acoustic and digital tones together! Feelfree to experiment!

4 Red Led: Red led indicates the status of the recorder and the charging
state of the battery: When the USB cable is connected to a power source(wall plug dc adapter, power bank or any USB port) the led stays ON until
the battery is fully charged. In normal use the LED is turned off and starts
to blink when the battery is close to exhaustion and it’s time to charge it
again.

5 Green Led: The green led has different functions depending on themode of use of the recorder. In general every command that you input withthe three buttons will be acknowledged/confirmed by a fast blink of theGreen Led.

6 Blue Led: The blue led indicates the status of the wireless connection.

When a mobile device or a computer is connected, this led remain solid.
Otherwise the LED will blink when the re.corder is turned ON.

7 Circle button: Circle button has the main function of turning on and off

the recorder, pair with the device/host and other minor functions, likearming/recording a track in the looper section of the app. To turn on(exiting from stand-by) the re.corder press the CIRCLE button for at least
two seconds. The BLUE led will start blinking to indicate that the re.corderis ready for a connection. IMPORTANT NOTE: After 2 minutes of blinking

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without connection the re.corder will re-enter the standby state to savepower. To let the re.corder turn itself off you have to close the application
or disconnect the re.corder from inside the CONFIGURATION/DEVICES
page (see relevant chapter).

8 Square button: Square button works (when pushed while holding the

CIRCLE button) as an OCTAVE UP button, a STOP button for the upcoming
looper function and a few other mode-specific functions.

9 Triangle button: Triangle button works (when pushed while holding
the CIRCLE one) as OCTAVE DOWN, PLAY looper tracks and other minor
functions when in selected modes.

10 USB recharge port: This is where you plug the recharge cable torecharge the battery. This USB port does not support any communication.

11 Strap ring: You can put a strap to support your instrument and avoid
falls, bumps and shocks.

12 Note holes: The classic baroque fingering tone holes. Please keep inmind that, differently from an acoustic recorder, when in digital mode you
should avoid to rest your finger in the immediate vicinity of the hole. The
sensors could detect the finger even if the hole is not intended to be close.
Please see the “Good handling habits” chapter for more information.

13 Thumb hole: The hole which allows to change register/octave. This

hole have two sensors to detect the half hole position to change
register/octave.

The re.corder uses state of the art sensors and algorithms tounderstand the player action and react precisely and quickly to anypressure or touch operations. The re.corder also includes a 3D

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accelerometer that is used to add expression and nuances to thesound.
The pressure sensor subsystem is capable of continuous selfcalibration, avoiding problems when sudden barometric pressure(due to weather or air conditioning, for example) changes could
lead to modified response.

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Good handling habits:
With respect to a standard acoustic recorder, the user should beaware of a couple of differences and observing some (very simple)
rules to reach a full experience and create a successful physicalbond with this musical instrument. The re.corder interprets the
position of the fingers, the lips of the player, and the pressure
inside the windway to decide when and which note to play. This
happens hundreds of times per second and there are some ways
to ease this interpretation and obtaining the maximum
performance.
The first difference with an acoustic recorder is that the tone holes
sensors are very sensitive and will detect your finger even when
you don’t fully close the corresponding hole. So, differently from astandard acoustic recorder, you cannot rest your fingers in theimmediate vicinity of an open hole. This become an automatic
gesture pretty soon and in the first hours of practice you will gain
this habit. A distance of few millimeters will allow the instrument
to consider the hole ‘open’.
The second key point in good handling is that the player should beaware that, everytime she/he retracts her or his mouth/lips fromthe mouthpiece, the re.corder will recalibrate in exactly one
second.
When the execution allows this very short pause, and/or when
you feel a change in breath responsivity, just move away your lips
from the mouthpiece. Again, try to make this become an
automatic gesture so you will be sure that the response of therecorder will be always at its maximum capability!

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One last point, the re.corder is a sophisticated electronic musicalinstrument and while sufficiently robust, it cannot be washed withwater, handled roughly, used as a stick, and launched around (likesome time a plastic recorder happens to be!). So treat it with care
and avoid letting it fall, beating it on hard surfaces or using it as asaber…..
There are no user serviceable parts inside, the opening or tentative
to open the re.corder will immediately void any warranty.

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Quickstart

Congratulations! You are now the owner of an Artinoise
re.corder, the revolutionary wind instrument that will change
the way music is played and composed on the go. The following
instructions will let you start enjoying the re.corder:
Important notice:
The re.corder is an electronic musical instrument, in no occasion
you have to put it under water or heavy rain, leave it in hightemperature areas (i.e. car dashboard) or wash it with water or
any other liquid. If your playing produces a lot of condensation orsaliva, please avoid that spreading on the surface of the recorder.
You can clean the surface (ABS plastic) with a soft cloth. For noreason you should insert any blunt object in the windway (there isthe very sensitive pressure sensor), window, or any other aperturein the body. Avoid the proximity of strong magnets. Use thesupplied lanyard to avoid the re.corder fall to the ground!

No water

No pokingInsideAvoid falls!

No strong Soft Clothmagnets

STEP1. Charge the re.corder: connect the supplied USB cable witha PC/MAC or a USB wall adapter. Depending on the status of thebattery, the re.corder will take a maximum of two hours to getre.corderowner’s manual

fully charged. The RED led will light up shortly after inserting the
supplied USB cable. The LED will indicate that the battery is
charging. When the LED turns off, the battery is fully charged.

STEP2.While re.corder is recharging, insert the lanyard loops in theback ring (near the thumb hole) and the mute plug. This isimportant to avoid re.corder fall and loosing the mute plug. Checkout the following picture to understand how to use the cord loop.

STEP3. Connection:
Start your app and register your data within the first few screens.

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Consider that, in the current version, the registration is LOCAL to
the smartphone/tablet so you have to repeat it on any of thedevices you intend to use with the app.
Now, by pressing and holding the ROUND button for at least TWO
seconds, you turn the re.corder on and ready for connection(BLUE led blinking). Press the connect button on the app and then
START. You will see your recorder on the right of the screen:

Now press and hold the ROUND button and then touch therecorder name on the list.
The BLUE led will stop blinking and turn solid. Now you can release
your finger from the ROUND button.

Congratulations! Now you can login and your recorder is ready to
be played within the Artinoise APP!

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To start from scratch, try the Learn mode.

When you select the Learn mode, you are presented with the
choice of instrument and then the song to start with.

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Keep in mind that to access all the songs, you have to rise yourranking by earning points!

Follow closely the notes on the score and check you score go up
and unlock the next song! You can try several instruments!

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While you are playing you can also change the base octave of there.corder and hear what a very low cello note can feel! (press
together for a brief moment the CIRCLE and SQUARE buttons togo up an octave and CIRCLE and TRIANGLE buttons to go down.
With the most part of the instruments, tilting the re.corder UP
will impress a vibrato on the sound. Try this cool effect!

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Using the re.corder with the app§ Checking and configuring the smart device§ Application startup and registration§ Main application screen§ The LEARN mode
§ The PLAY mode
§ The DUO mode
§ configuration pages
Checking and Configuring the Smart Device
The recorder app is compatible with devices which have at least
the following OSes installed:-Android (smartphones, tablets): OREO (8.0) on Arm platform. It
is possible to start and connect to the re.corder with a priorversion but audio optimizations are implemented starting fromthis OS version.
-iOS (iPhone and iPad): iOS 10.0 and iOS devices with BLE support(starting from iPhone 6S and up and iPad 4th generations and iPadminis)
To connect with the re.corder, your device should have BLE(Bluetooth low energy, or Bluetooth Smart) capability. This isalmost a default feature on devices manufactured later than
2016/2017.
You should turn Bluetooth communications ON on your device(please check the relevant user’s manual). Some operatingre.corderowner’s manualsystems asks also for positioning devices (i.e. GPS) to be turned
ON to make the BLE work. Our app doesn’t use positioning data
but to have it working you probably have to turn ON thisparameter. In some cases the app will try several time todownload the soundbank a nd it won’t complete the download.
In those cases is necessary to allow the use of internal storage
from the Android SETTINGS/CONFIGURATION panel.
Avoid using Bluetooth headphones or speakers with there.corder app. The Bluetooth Audio transmission standard
doesn’t allow low latency audio. You will experience long delays
between the production of a note and the audio that you hear!
Use only wired connections to your headset or speaker. Many BT
speakers comes with a standard 3,5mm jack audio input.
TECH: Performance Notes:
While under iOS the performance of the app (which needs
realtime audio generation and processing, and low latency
communication) is quite consistent through the entire range ofApple devices, Android presents a wider variations due todifferent hardware and driver implementations on different
manufacturers and models.
In general, a newer device will perform better, but the optimal
performance with relation to delay, sound quality andresponsiveness of the instrument is not related to the price rangeof the device.
Check out this webpage to see how your device scores in the audio
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Application Start Up
After the first execution, the app will download the sound bankfrom our website. This will take up to a couple of minutes on very
slow connections so check out the percentage counter on the top
left corner of the screen. During this time the app will work but
no sounds will be generated, so we ask you to wait for the
download to end and then restart the application again. This
double passage will be eliminated in following releases of theapp!
After the splash and welcome screens, the first time you open there.corder app, you will be presented with the connection page,asking you to bind the instrument with the app.

As already described in the QuickStart chapter, after having
turned on the recorder, press the ROUND button and click on thename of the recorder that appears in the right part of the screen(see pic below)

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Now the app prompts you with the registration. This ismandatory for the warranty to take place and for having a user
account on the app that will track your points, badges andadvancements.
See the picture below for an example. Please input a valid email.

We suggest to check both ‘Remember Me’ and ‘Stay logged in’boxes to jump directly to the app main screen the next time you
start.
Now, after pressing the LOGIN button, you will be prompted withthe main application screen. From here you can choose theactivity, but before, let’s see how to customize your profile. Clickon the Player Icon on the upper right.

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In your profile section, you can see a summary of yourinformation and status. In the main PROFILE screen you see youremail, you points and badges and, if you click on your picture, you
can jump to a screen that allows you to take a picture of you,select a character or choose from your photo album.

The operating system will ask for permission to use your cameraor photo album, confirm this if you want to use thispersonalization function.

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Main application screen:This is the main operating window of the application, from here
you can choose which way you want to play and, described infollowing chapters, how to customize your re.corder.
The LEARN mode:
Here you can start learning to play the recorder by approachinga series of increasing complexity musical scores that you need tolearn to unlock the following one. The progresses you make rises
your points and lets you earn some badges! This will also allow,
in future versions, to compete with your friends or schoolmatesin re.corder competitions all over the world!
The first thing you will see after clicking the Learn button is the
instrument choice screen. Here you have a scrolling list of musicalinstruments to choose from. The default instrument sound is a
mellow tenor recorder. You can choose not only between wind
instrumenta, but also keyboard and even percussive ones! It’s up
to you to decide how to experiment with those!

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The instrument list will evolve and widen with subsequent app
releases, giving you inspiration and great exploration grounds!
After choosing the instrument, the app presents you with the
choice of the song:

As already said, in LEARN mode you will have to earn points to
unlock the next song, to allow you to learn to play the instrument
little by little. If you reach some kind of outstanding performance
you will also receive badges. Let them happen!
In the song window there are a few buttons that allows you tocustomize the tempo and even some audio effects that are
applied to the sound you choose.

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Clicking on the watch button you can set the tempo of the song(in BPM) and the volume of the backing/accompaniment track
You can also enable the metronome by pressing the metronome
icon button (see picture below).

By clicking the sound configuration button (the letftmost one)
you can change the volume and the effects of the instrument.
You can add a reverberation effect to simulate a concert hall ora church. See the below picture.

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Now you can start exercising! When you press the PLAY buttonon the bottom right part of the screen, the song will start and you
can hear the piano accompaniment and (if turned it on) the
metronome. If you selected the re.corder instrument, on the left
panel you can also see the actual fingering you are operating on
the instrument in real time.

While you are playing following the score, the blue bar on thebottom of the screen indicates the good (green) and bad (red)notes you got. This is information is also visibile in the circle on
the left part of the screen where the exact note you are playing
is shown, in GREEN when it is the right one, in RED when It’s not.
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following screen, which tells you how good (or bad!!) you played
the music.

The final screen tells you also how many points you have andwhat are the remaining points that allows you to go to the nextsong.
The PLAY mode:
The re.corder app includes many songs, traditional, classic or pop,that can be played directly with the re.corder!
In the play mode you are free to play whatever song you want,following the score of the available song. The set of song will growas new versions of the app come out.

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The PLAY mode is extremely similar to the LEARN mode, with thenotable exception that all the songs are ready to be played
without any particular order. In the same way as the LEARN
mode, your playing will be evaluated and points will be added toyour overall score.
Power TIP: The re.corder app runs also in the background, thismeans that, after setting up the instrument, you can switch toother applications, like Youtube and play along the music fromthe videos!!!! This mode is CPU intensive so the overall audio
quality may vary depending on the performance of yoursmartphone/tablet.
The DUO mode:
The DUO mode allows to add a friend with its re.corder and play
together on a single smartphone or tablet, with different
instrument sounds!! Press the DUO icon to start!

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You will see the following screen appear:

After pressing the ‘CONNECT’ button you will see the codenameof your friend’s re.corder on the list, connect with it exactly withthe same procedure of your instrument: Press the ROUND button
while clicking the name of the recorder, then release the ROUND
button when the BLUE led stays ON.
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In the page shown above, press ADD FRIEND, the app will ask
you to enter its name and choose a picture. We take on board
Johann Sebastian Bach himself!

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After the creation of your friend’s profile, you can click on its
profile picture and the app will show you the instrument section:
Now you can choose (and try) the instrument for you and yourfriend, you can obviously choose also the same instrument if y ou
want to do, for example, a Cello duet.

After this setup phase you can simply start playing in JAM mode(no song, you see the score being populated with notes as yougo), AGAINST and TOGETHER, where you have to follow the score
to battle for points with or against your friend! Experiment withthis mode, where you have some songs with music score for aduet!

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The CONFIGURATION page
You can access the configuration menu by clicking on the COG
icon (upper right corner) while you are in the HOME menu. The
first important information that you see on the page is therelease version. We suggest that you turn on automatic updates
for the application. In any other case, check frequently theversion you have installed against the last one available on AppleStore, Play Store or AppGallery.

The configuration menu includes items for both the re.corder andthe app itself. You can see its divided in four main tabs: General,
Midi, Fingering and Devices.

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The first tab (GENERAL) allows you to choose the theme and theplaying mode. The app includes two themes (skins) from which
you can choose the one that suits your taste!
The second tab sets the overall mode of working of the
instruments, you can choose between:§ BREATH: the note is generated (in presence of a correct
fingering configuration) when you breath in themouthpiece, exactly like a traditional instrument. This is the
DEFAULT choice of the re.corder.
§ LIP SENSOR: the note is generated (when a correct fingering
is set) everytime you put your mouth and lips on themouthpiece. This allows several features like ‘continuous
playing’, drones, and an aid to reduced lung capacity
individuals that still wants to play an wind instrument!
§ KEYBOARD: in this mode, your recorder becomes a
POLYPHONIC midi controller, which can be used as a
keyboard or a percussion pad controller! Set the relevant
fingering (see in the next paragraphs) according to the
instrument you want to play. Experiment with the major,
minor and drum fingerings with the DRUM soundbank andcreate a BAND with your friends!

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To ENABLE a MODE on the re.corder, you need to keep the
CIRCLE button pressed on the recorder panel before pressing the
SEND button on the screen.
In the second tab, named MIDI, you can configure many
parameters. Keep in mind that, for a basic use of the re.corderwith the app, you won’t need to change many parameters. Thissection of the app, on the other hand, is particularly useful when
you want or need to use the re.corder as a standard midi wind
controller with every other software and VSTs.

§ MIDI CHANNEL: You can change the MIDI CHANNEL if you
need to connect to non-flexible external hosts (old programson PC/MAC, etc..). For the usage with the app and the
majority of third-party applications, you don’t need tomodify this. We strongly suggest to avoid tinkering with thisparameter!!

re.corderowner’s manual§ SENSITIVITY: This menu allows you to change the way there.corder reacts to your breath. Mainly you can modify theThreshold, to allow for three different ‘forces’ or ‘hardness’.
We suggest to use the default that is a good compromise
between a recorder and other wind instruments. For
musician already playing instruments like saxophones orclarinets, used to put more force in their breath, it’s possible
to select a High threshold. On the contrary, if you want tohave a softer starting pressure, try the ‘low’ threshold. You
can then select the VELOCITY, that is the MIDI parameterthat tells the sound generator how ‘hard’ you hit the key ofthe piano keyboard or you did the initial blow on themouthpiece. We suggest to use a fixed velocity around 80 or
90. You can raise or lower this parameter to hear themodifications in the sound. Keep in mind that the overall‘intensity’ or ‘volume’ of the sound is directly linked to thisparameter. If you select a very high velocity you will have ahigher volume sound BUT you will loose a part of theexpression range when you modulate your breath pressure!
There is also an AUTO mode (set the velocity to 0 - ZERO)
which manages to detect the initial pressure transient andre.corderowner’s manualsets the velocity dynamically. This is quite complex to
calculate because the processor has basically very little time
to detect the initial pressure without introducing some kindof delay in the MIDI message! The consistency of the AUTO
setting may or may not satisfy the player! Give it a try!!! You
just have to press the SEND button to configure there.corder.

§ PRESSURE: This is where you choose the curve which
generates the MIDI message that is used to use the dynamic
pressure that you are using during your playing. There aremany different curves (a complete version with curve
pictures of this manual will come soon) which adapts todifferent playing style and response expectation. We
suggest to keep the linear one because is, possibly, the mostnatural for many recorder player. In the lower part of thewidget you can decide WHERE to send this information. The
re.corder app responds to pressure through the CC#11(EXPRESSION). If you want to change the CC number orsending the pressure information to the Channel Aftertouch
MIDI message, you can do it here! Also in this case, totransfer the config to the re.corder, just press SEND.

re.corderowner’s manual§ INCLINATION, ROTATION, Z-AXIS:This is the place where you setup the MIDI messages
regarding the response to internal accelerometer. In there.corder app only the INCLINATION is used, as a
MODWHEEL midi message, which is then interpreted as a
VIBRATO command. We suggest to keep the curve and CC
numbers as is. Regarding ROTATION and Z-AXIS you canchoose the same attributes. Remember that, if you DON’T
want to send out the MIDI messages, you have to selectNONE as the curve. As default, the Z-AXIS is disabled while
the ROTATION is sent to MIDI CC# 52. Also in this case, tosend the config to the re.corder, just press the SEND button.
The third tab, FINGERING, is where you can select and customize
the fingering of the re.corder.

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recorder. The first two octaves are the same as a standard
BAROQUE (but also with GERMAN variation) recorder. Pleasetake your time to explore the fingering because it has MANY
alternate fingering for several notes, allowing fast trills and notepassages and jumps! You can see this by going up and down withthe + and – button. If you have the Lightning edition of there.corder, you will see the selected configuration LIGHT UP on thetone holes of your instruments!!!!
The small blue circle at the upper right corner of the fingering
window contains the number of variations for that particularnote. You can navigate the variations with the right and left
arrows. Some notes have up to 4 alternate fingering!
If you want to create a custom fingering, select the CUSTOM andmake the adjustments you want! You can change the fingering
just by touching the holes, which will toggle between closed,
open and half closed (for the C,D and the thumb hole). The
CUSTOM fingering starts out as an exact copy of the BAROQUE
fingering.
The three KEYBOARD fingering are an initial example of
KEYBOARD MODE dedicated fingering. We have included a Major
and a Minor scale. Remember that in this mode the C# and D#
holes are regarded as individual notes! And, most importantly,
the KAYBOARD mode is POLYPHONIC. We also included a DRUM
map for the KEYBOARD mode which allows you to play the mostused drum pieces in the classic STANDARD DRUM soundset. Have
fun by selecting KEYBOARD mode, then DRUM fingering and then
STANDARD DRUM in PLAY mode!!! When you press on therecorder figure on the right, you will be prompted with thiswindow:

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From here, you can choose also very sparse and distant notes,
spanning the whole MIDI range (10 octaves). This is particularly
useful to play the DRUM sounds. By pressing on the tone holes
you will see the highlighted MIDI note, which you can change
suiting your needs.
You can then upload the fingering to the re.corder by pressing the
SEND button.
The fourth tab, DEVICES, allows you to connect or disconnect there.corder without having to start the app again and do it in thefirst CONNECT screen.

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The usage is very simple, to connect to a recorder, after turned iton, and pressing the CIRCLE button while you touch the re.cordercodename. To disconnect, just touch on the recorder codename(that, when connected, is displayed in BOLD character.

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COPYRIGHT NOTICE:
Artinoise and re.corder are registered trade marks of Artinoise Srl, Italy.
Every other cited marks and brands are property of the legal owner.
Usage of text, images and any information contained in this manual isexpressely forbidden without a prior request to Artinoise Srl.

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