Quick Record

The Quick Record feature allows for fast hijacking and recording, by adjusting only a few settings. This is useful for quickly recording a sound clip or microphone input. All these controls are replicated from a full session's input tab.
Control Area
Hijacking Controls
Hijack - Alternately takes and releases control of the source application.
Mute - Mutes audio coming through AH Pro, without affecting it. Useful for recording something you don't wish to listen to at the moment.
Level Meters - These meters show activity when audio is passed through AH Pro.
Hijacking Status Line - This line indicates the hijacking status of the current Session, or shows errors when a problem occurs.
Recording Controls
Record - Toggles the recording status of hijacked audio, and also starts hijacking if a Session is not currently hijacked. Recordings use the settings specified in the "Recording" tab.
Pause - Halts recording without ending the file. Click again to unpause and continue recording to the same file. Useful for on-the-fly editing of recordings and removal of undesired content.
Split - Instantly creates a new audio file, with no gap between files.
Recording Status Line - This line indicates the recording status of the current Session, or shows errors when a problem occurs.
Input Area
Source Type selector - This allows you to set the source to an Application, for software recording, an Audio Device, for recording from hardware input, an AM/FM Radio, or all System Audio.
Select menu - When the "Source Type" selector is set to Application, this provides a list of currently open applications, as well as a "Select Application..." to choose non-open applications. When the "Source Type" selector is set to Audio Device, this lists all available input devices, as determined by OS X.
Recording Area
Format
The "Format" popup allows you to select the audio format AUdio Hijack Pro will record in. Audio Hijack Pro records to AIFF, AAC, Apple Lossless, and MP3, and several default settings are given. Using the "Custom..." menu option, you can also set a custom recording format.
Save recordings to: - This field shows the location to where recordings will be saved. Use the "Select" button to adjust this.
Effects Area
Navigator - Controls location of the focus on the patch window.
Master Gain - The Master Gain is applied after all effects. Mute will fully mute the audio, and Full will leave the gain at 100%. Setting it in-between will lower the output volume.
Patch Area - The 8x8 grid for adding DSP effects. Simply click a grid space and select an item from the pop-up to insert the effect. Drag and drop to re-arrange. The grid is read left to right and top to bottom.
Plugins - Each plugin has its own editor window, with settings specific to that plugin. For more information, see the "Effects" tutorial for more.
Saving and Opening Patches - AH Pro supports patches, which are groups of Effects plugins and settings. When you have a set of filters which you'd like to apply to other presets, choose "Export Effects Patch..." from the Control menu. To load a saved patch file, choose "Import Effects Patch..." from the Control menu.