Total Recorder is a new type of recording program developed by High Criteria. It can intercept any audio played by any software on the computer before the sound card and record it into a digital file for later playback, with no loss of sound quality. It's entirely digital-to-digital. With appropriate software, it can be compressed into MP3 format or made into a CD. Such software is not very common on the Internet. It's very useful, especially helpful for English learning.