Making Long Recordings The Settings dialog box allows you to specify the maximum length of a DECsound recording. However, the size of a recording is also limited by the amount of free memory available on the system. In some cases, while you are making long recordings DECsound displays a message informing you that there is insufficient memory before your recording reaches the maximum recording length. If this happens, take one of the following actions: * Save the recording and restart DECsound in one of the following ways: - Click on the Save button - Choose Save or Save As... from the DECsound File menu. * Decrease the maximum recording length. Choose Settings... from the Options menu to display the Settings dialog box. In the dialog box, use the Max. Length slider to decrease the maximum recording length. * Ask your system manager to increase the memory quotas for your account. When you open a DECsound recording that is longer than the maximum recording length, you cannot record new material onto the end of that recording. However, you can bypass this problem by following these steps: 1. Use the Display Energy or Display Samples items on the View menu to display the waveform for the recording. 2. Use the Select All and Cut items from the DECsound Edit menu to transfer the recording to the clipboard. 3. Click on the Record button to record the message that you want to add to the existing recording. 4. Click on the Stop button when you finish recording. 5. Position the pointer at the start of the recording, and choose Paste from the DECsound Edit menu to insert the original recording. Additional topics: * Edit Menu * Editing Concepts * Record * DECsound Control Panel * Overview of DECsound