How can I make audio recording as simple as possible?

[pailes]

Hi there,

I've recently bought a G4 PowerBook as birthday present for my father so he's able to record himself playing piano through line in. I've been a long time mac user now but my father is a total computer n00b. He doesn't know anything about computers, hasn't even got a clue what files/folders are.
Now I've been wondering how audio recording could be dramatically simplified to the core task. Here are my plans so far:

1. Create user with will automatically launch recording software/iTunes at startup, deny everything else.
2. Maybe find a solution which will transfer his audio tracks "magically* into iTunes. No Idea how this could be done best.

Please help me to make this task as simple as possible. I didn't even decide what audio recording software I should use. It should be as simple as clicking at big red recording button or something.

At one point I've been also thinking about a custom solution I could program myself using Cocoa/Core Audio etc. but right now my time is very limited and doing something like that still needs some time and testing and what not.

Any ideas are appreciated.

 

[ltldrummerboy]

Download the free trial version of wiretap pro. It will automatically put the song in iTunes and play it as soon as you hit the stop recording button. You might want to set up the preferences yourself, though.

http://www.ambrosiasw.com/utilities/wiretap/wiretappro.html