diff --git a/examples/Audio/AudioRecordingDemo.h b/examples/Audio/AudioRecordingDemo.h
index 6782616e04..4cd98336ed 100644
--- a/examples/Audio/AudioRecordingDemo.h
+++ b/examples/Audio/AudioRecordingDemo.h
@@ -83,21 +83,25 @@ public:
             // Create an OutputStream to write to our destination file...
             file.deleteFile();
 
-            if (auto fileStream = std::unique_ptr<FileOutputStream> (file.createOutputStream()))
+            if (std::unique_ptr<OutputStream> fileStream { file.createOutputStream() })
             {
                 // Now create a WAV writer object that writes to our output stream...
                 WavAudioFormat wavFormat;
 
-                if (auto writer = wavFormat.createWriterFor (fileStream.get(), sampleRate, 1, 16, {}, 0))
+                using Opts = AudioFormatWriterOptions;
+
+                if (auto writer = wavFormat.createWriterFor (fileStream, Opts{}.withSampleRate (sampleRate)
+                                                                               .withNumChannels (1)
+                                                                               .withBitsPerSample (16)))
                 {
-                    fileStream.release(); // (passes responsibility for deleting the stream to the writer object that is now using it)
+                    auto* writerPtr = writer.get();
 
                     // Now we'll create one of these helper objects which will act as a FIFO buffer, and will
                     // write the data to disk on our background thread.
-                    threadedWriter.reset (new AudioFormatWriter::ThreadedWriter (writer, backgroundThread, 32768));
+                    threadedWriter.reset (new AudioFormatWriter::ThreadedWriter (writer.release(), backgroundThread, 32768));
 
                     // Reset our recording thumbnail
-                    thumbnail.reset (writer->getNumChannels(), writer->getSampleRate());
+                    thumbnail.reset (writerPtr->getNumChannels(), writerPtr->getSampleRate());
                     nextSampleNum = 0;
 
                     // And now, swap over our active writer pointer so that the audio callback will start using it..