User manual STANTON T.92 USB

[. . . ] Read Instructions ­ All the safety and operating instructions should be read before this product is operated. Retain Instructions ­ The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. Heed Warnings ­ All warnings on the appliance and in the operating instructions should be adhered to. Follow Instructions ­ All operating and use instructions should be followed. [. . . ] DIGITAL OUTPUT - Use this output to connect your T. 92 USB to the S/PDIF digital input of any equipped digital device, such as a CDR or computer soundcard 25. POWER SWITCH - This switch turns the power on or off, including the motor and audio signal. Use this switch when the unit will not be active for extended periods of time. 5 CREATING A CD FROM AN LP The T. 92 USB includes a USB computer interface and Cakewalk Pyro Audio Creator LE CD software for Windows. Macintosh users can download the free Audacity software for recording directly from the T. 92 USB. By connecting the T. 92 USB to your computer and using the correct software, you can create custom CDs from your record albums. In addition to creating CDs, you can edit the LP tracks, clean up clicks and noise, and apply special audio effects if desired. To take full advantage of these features, be sure to read the User Manual or Help files in the software. AUDACITY SOFTWARE OVERVIEW ( for MAC and PC users ) Audacity is free software, licensed under the GNU General Public License (GPL). More information as well as open source code can be found on the web at http://audacity. sourceforge. net/ * Please ensure you have installed the software before starting. SET UP PROCEDURE 1. Start by connecting your T. 92 USB to the computer using a USB cable (included). Download and install the Audacity recording software by visiting http://audacity. sourceforge. net/ 3. . 6 AUDACITY SOFTWARE OVERVIEW RECORDING & SAVING TRACKS ( for MAC and PC users ) 10 11 10. When you are ready to record, click the RED record button on the computer. You can now click FILE and choose Export As AIFF (Macintosh) or Wave (Windows) to save the recording. If you want to record the entire side of an LP, or a continuous selection of songs, repeat steps 1-3 above. When you are finished, you will be able to see each song as a waveform, with silence in-between each song. If you stop the recording and then start again, the new recording will appear as new audio tracks below the previous recording. If you want to separate the recorded audio into different tracks, drag the cursor over a song segment in the waveform window to highlight it, and then from the FILE menu select Export Selection As AIFF (Macintosh) or Wave (Windows). If you want to save it as an MP3 file, then choose Export Selection As MP3. You can remove silences at the start or end of the recording by dragging the cursor over the silent region and then choosing DELETE or CUT from the Edit window. For a Macintosh, after you have recorded your tracks, burn them to a CD using the Mac OSX Finder, or with other Macintosh CD creation programs. For Windows, use Windows Explorer or another Windows CD creation program to burn a CD. 7 CAKEWALK PYRO AUDIO CREATOR LE OVERVIEW (PC users ) The T. 92 USB comes with a complimentary CD with Cakewalk Pyro Audio Creator LE. Cakewalk Pyro Audio Creator LE allows you to create CD's directly from audio recorded from the T. 92 USB to a Windows-based PC. [. . . ] 4) To create an MP3 CD, bring the Audio Creator Toolbar to the front and click on the BURNER button. It brings up the following window: 17 CAKEWALK PYRO AUDIO CREATOR LE OVERVIEW (PC users ) Press the Add File button to select the MP3 tracks you wish to write to CD. If you have files for one artist placed in a folder, press the Add Folder button to add an entire folder. When you have all the MP3 tracks selected, press the BURN CD button and the CD will be created. [. . . ]