Quick record

Records high quality audio immediately for 1 minute and saves it to a folder of your choice.

Actions

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Record Audio
Uses the microphone to record audio.
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Save File
Save files to iCloud Drive. Turn off “Ask Where to Save” in order to specify a destination path in the Shortcuts folder.

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Record as AIFF

Records normal quality audio, starting or stopping with your tap, then encoding the recorded audio to AIFF before saving to to a folder of your choice.

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Encode audio

Records audio until you tap it to stop, then encodes it into a text-based format, then copies it to your clipboard (to be decoded and played back later).

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Extra Details

Link to Run Shortcut
shortcuts://run-shortcut?name=Quick%20record
Link to Open Shortcut
shortcuts://open-shortcut?name=Quick%20record
AppleScript code
tell application “Shortcuts Events” run shortcut “Quick record” end tell

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