I would sat that it is a bug with new audio recording.  It doesn't  
actually return the document that it is recording.  Your solution is  
probably the best one

On Aug 7, 2007, at 5:57 AM, Christoph Draxler wrote:

> Hi,
>
> the following script to perform audio recordings via QuickTime  
> Player does not work:
>
> tell application "QuickTime Player"
> 	activate
> 	set newMovie to (new audio recording "QuickTime Player")
>
> 	start newMovie
> 	delay 2
> 	stop newMovie	
> end tell
>
> I get the following event log:
>
> tell application "QuickTime Player"
> 	activate
> 	new audio recording "QuickTime Player"
> 		«class id 2
> 	start «class id 2
> 		"QuickTime Player got an error: Can't make «class id 2 into type  
> reference."
>
> However, this script works:
>
> tell application "QuickTime Player"
> 	activate
> 	set newMovie to (new audio recording "QuickTime Player")
> 	start document 1
> 	delay 1
> 	stop document 1
> end tell
>
> What's the difference between the two?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated,
>
> Christoph
>
>
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