AUdio Cobolt Release Notes
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Disclaimer
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The program file and all files associated with it are supplied 'as is'. Thus any implied or expressed warranties including (but not limited to) the implied warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose are disclaimed. I will not be held responsible or liable for any loss or damage of data or hardware, any loss of business or earnings or personal wealth and any legal consequences from the direct or indirect use of the software even if advised of the possibility of such damage or loss.

Please note that Audio Cobolt DOES NOT encode MP3 tracks itself. Audio Cobolt acts as a GUI for the LAME encoder to produce MP3 files. Without LAME Audio Cobolt can not encode MP3 tracks and the MP3 encoder screen is disabled.


Audio Cobolt
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KARMADROME Software Audio Cobolt (KSAC for short) is a CD ripping/encoding application. Currently supported formats are OGG-Vorbis and MP3 (using the LAME encoder).
Please note that Audio Cobolt DOES NOT encode MP3 tracks itself. Audio Cobolt acts as a GUI for the LAME encoder to produce MP3 files. Without LAME Audio Cobolt can not encode MP3 tracks and the MP3 encoder screen is disabled.


Versions
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1.2  Released 29/09/03 : Added Monkey's Audio support.

1.1  Released 01/09/03 : Added update check, bug fixes.

1.0  Released 19/08/03 : Initial release.


Support
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Support is available from either the KARMADROME web site or by E-mail. Both address' are listed below and in the about box of Audio Cobolt.


System Requirements
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This software only runs on IBM-PC compatibles running Windows 2000/XP. Audio Cobolt requires the .NET Framework to be installed, which is available from Windows Update. MP3 encoding requires the LAME encoder to be present in the Audio Cobolt installation directory.


Installation
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Unzip the archive and run setup.exe. The files will automatically be extracted and the setup program will start.


Running
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Double click on the Audio Cobolt icon in the Start menu. 


Purchasing
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Audio Cobolt is Shareware. You are able to use the demo version to encode tracks at 96kb/s. The full "purchased" version allows higher bitrates, Monkey's Audio encoding and has FreeDB support. The full version costs just $5.00. Please visit the KARMADROME Software web page for more details.


KARMADROME Software
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Web : http://www.karmadromesoftcom
E-mail : software@karmadromesoft.com


Copyright
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Audio Cobolt is (c)2003 Mark Harris

(c)2003 KARMADROME Software
Written by Mark Harris