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eZ aUDIo conveRTeR sofTwaRe

The EZ Audio Software is the easiest way to transfer your vinyl and tape 

recordings to your computer . To take advantage of advanced audio editing  
features, you may wish to also install the optional Audacity Software  

(see pages 12-33) .

insTalling eZ aUdio converTer on a Pc

Insert the included CD into your computer’s CD drive .

A pop-up screen should appear automatically . Select “English” or “French .”

 Click on the EZ AUDIO CONVERTER button to begin the  
installation process .
Follow the on-screen instructions to install the EZ Audio Converter .
 Once the EZ Audio Converter has been successfully installed,  

click on the iTunes button to install iTunes .

Please note: The eZ audio converter uses iTunes to import your recordings. 
iTunes needs to be installed on your computer before starting the eZ audio 

converter software.

6 .   Follow the on-screen instructions to install iTunes .

7 .   Once the iTunes installation has successfully completed, click the EXIT button  

to quit .

8 .   EZ Audio Converter and iTunes are now successfully installed on your computer .

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Summary of Contents for iConvert

Page 1: ...USB Turntable The easiest way to convert records to digital files iConvert ...

Page 2: ...e of contents Cautions and Warnings 2 3 Location of Controls 4 6 Operation 7 EZ Audio Converter Software 8 11 Audacity Software 12 33 Troubleshooting 34 37 Compatibility 38 Specifications 39 40 Warranty 41 42 ...

Page 3: ...ser to the presence of uninsulated dangerous voltage within the unit s enclosure that may be of sufficient magnitude to constitute a risk of electric shock The exclamation point within an equilateral triangle is intended to alert the user to the presence of important operating and maintenance servicing instructions in the literature accompanying the unit IMPORTANT SAFETY INSTRUCTIONS All the safet...

Page 4: ...re should be taken so that objects do not fall and liquids are not spilled onto the unit Use only the included attachments or accessories Other attachments or accessories are not recommended by the manufacturer and may damage the unit Connect the unit only to a power source as described in this manual Do not disassemble the unit There are no serviceable parts Do not place the unit near heat source...

Page 5: ...Location of controls Adapter Platter Tonearm Set 1 2 3 Arm Lift Lever Tonearm Lock 4 5 4 2 4 5 1 3 ...

Page 6: ...5 Location of controls Dust Cover Power Cord USB Port Signal Connectors 1 2 3 4 3 2 4 1 ...

Page 7: ...6 Location of controls Foot 4 Speed Indicators Stop Button 1 2 3 2 1 3 ...

Page 8: ...ion the tonearm will automatically and gently come down onto the record s surface At the end of the record the tonearm will rise and return to the arm rest and switch off the entire unit automatically If you want to stop the record while it is playing press the STOP button The tonearm will rise slowly and return automatically to the arm rest CAUTION Do not touch the tonearm during the reject cycle...

Page 9: ...EZ AUDIO CONVERTER button to begin the installation process Follow the on screen instructions to install the EZ Audio Converter Once the EZ Audio Converter has been successfully installed click on the iTunes button to install iTunes Please note The EZ Audio Converter uses iTunes to import your recordings iTunes needs to be installed on your computer before starting the EZ Audio Converter software ...

Page 10: ...Converter software you can start recording Open EZ Audio Converter by going to Start All Programs MixMeister EZ Audio Converter or open EZ Audio Converter by accessing your Applications menu When you open the software you will see the Step 1 Get Connected screen Connect the iConvert USB Turntable to the computer with the included USB cable Once the USB is connected click NEXT on the Step 1 Get Con...

Page 11: ...acks click NEW TRACK when you hear the place in the song that you d like to separate When you have finished recording click NEXT to proceed to the next step IMPORTANT To ensure you ve downloaded the entire final track to your computer you must wait for the recording time window to display Recording Finish before you click on NEXT 11 Once you have finished recording enter the Artist Album and Track...

Page 12: ...5 12 or exit the application 17 You will now be able to access your recordings through iTunes Open iTunes and access your library by locating the Artist Album and Track Titles that you ve entered 18 From iTunes you can burn your recordings straight to a CD or load them on your iPod Consult the iTunes Help Menu for additional information about using iTunes 19 If you have any questions or problems u...

Page 13: ...ed in and powered on InstallING AUDACITY Software ON A PC Plug the turntable into an AC outlet and connect the USB PORT on the turntable to your computer s USB port Turn on the turntable s power switch Your PC s Windows operating system will detect a new device and a window will appear noting that the device is available to use Insert the CD that came with your USB turntable Run the file install a...

Page 14: ...D Open the Audacity Software from the location you chose on your hard drive Software Configuration Click Microphone in the drop down menu and select Stereo Mix see below Select the Edit menu and then Preferences Select the USB audio device under the Recording selection Select Software Playthrough to hear the audio while recording Note The USB turntable may show up with a different name in a Window...

Page 15: ...the USB turntable check your system settings or control panel to adjust the audio input settings from the sound control panel Note a You may choose to download the latest version of Audacity from the following website http www audacity com b You may also check the following website and download trial versions of more sound editing software at http www bias inc com 14 ...

Page 16: ...pe Tool Changes the volume over time Draw Tool Modifies individual samples Zoom Tool Zooms in and out Timeshift Tool Slides tracks left or right Multi Tool Lets you access every tool at once depending on the location of the mouse and the keys you are holding down Main Toolbar 15 ...

Page 17: ...ection over and over again Record Starts recording audio at the project sample rate the sample rate in the lower left corner of the window The new track will begin at the current cursor position so click the Skip to Start button first if you want the track to begin at time 0 Pause Temporarily stops playback or recording until you press Pause again Stop Stops recording or playing You must use the S...

Page 18: ...dio Undo Redo repeat last command All of the buttons on this Toolbar perform actions and with a couple of exceptions they re all just shortcuts of existing menu items to save you time Holding the mouse over a tool will show a tooltip to remind you which one is which Edit Toolbar 17 ...

Page 19: ...title This lets you access a few special commands that apply to individual tracks see the following pages Zoom In Zoom Out Fit Selection in Window Zooms until the selection just fits inside the window Fit Project in Window Zooms until all of the audio just fits inside the window 18 ...

Page 20: ...hm Mono Makes the selected track a mono track meaning it is played out of just one speaker or played out of the left and right speakers equally Left Channel Plays the selected track out of the left speaker Right Channel Plays the selected track out of the right speaker Make Stereo Track If there is another track below the selected one joins them to make a single stereo track with the top track rep...

Page 21: ... new empty window Open Opens an audio file or an Audacity project in a new window unless the current window is empty To add audio files to an existing project window use one of the Import commands in the Project menu Close Closes the current window asking you if you want to save changes On Windows and Unix closing the last window will quit Audacity unless you modify this behavior in the Interface ...

Page 22: ...P3 file MP3 files are compressed and therefore take up much less disk space but they lose some audio quality Another compressed alternative is Ogg Vorbis below You can set the quality of MP3 compression in the File Format Preferences See also MP3 Exporting Export Selection As MP3 Same as above but only exports the current selection Export as Ogg Vorbis Exports all of the audio as an Ogg Vorbis fil...

Page 23: ...rint out the main window view from Audacity showing the tracks and waveforms Exit Quit Closes all windows and exits Audacity prompting you to save any unsaved changes first Edit Menu Undo Undos the last editing operation you performed on your project Audacity supports full unlimited undo meaning you can undo every editing operation back to when you opened the window Redo Redoes any editing operati...

Page 24: ...ilence Erases the audio data currently selected replacing it with silence instead of removing it Split Moves the selected region into its own track or tracks replacing the affected portion of the original track with silence See the figure below Duplicate Makes a copy of all or part of a track or set of tracks into new tracks See the figure below Select All Selects all of the audio in all of the tr...

Page 25: ...ent track Move Cursor to Track End Moves the cursor to the end of the currently selected track Move Cursor to Selection Start Moves the cursor to the start of the current selection Move Cursor to Selection End Moves the cursor to the end of the current selection Snap To Snap On Enables Snap To mode When Snap To mode is enabled the selection will be constrained to the nearest interval on the time s...

Page 26: ...se the formatting that is displayed at the bottom of the window indicating the current selection time Options include film video and audio CD frames seconds samples or pure time If you turn on Snap To mode in the Edit Menu the selection will snap to the frames or other quantization you have selected in this menu History Brings up the history window which shows all the actions you have performed du...

Page 27: ...t recording levels and adjust playback Float Mixer Toolbar Moves the Mixer Toolbar out of the window and into its own floating window as above Project Menu Import Audio Used to import audio from a standard audio format into your project Use this command if you already have a couple of tracks and you want to add another track to the same project maybe to mix them together You cannot use this option...

Page 28: ... mixing stereo tracks or mixing tracks that are marked as Left or Right Channel the result will be a stereo track two channels otherwise the result will be mono Your tracks are implicitly mixed whenever you hit the Play button and whenever you export This command offers a way to do it permanently and save the results to disk saving on playback resources Note If you try to mix two very loud tracks ...

Page 29: ...racks They all operate by time shifting tracks moving them left or right making it easier to synchronize tracks or get rid of silence at the beginning The cursor or selection stays in the same place unless you use the Align and Move Cursor command below Align and Move Cursor Same as the functions above except that the cursor or selection is moved along with the tracks allowing you to shift the tra...

Page 30: ... any selection otherwise it is inserted into the track shifting up later parts of the track Silence Inserts silence Tone Creates a Sine wave Square wave or Sawtooth wave White Noise Inserts random audio samples which sound like pure static Any items which appear after these three built ins are VST Ladspa or Nyquist plug ins It is possible for a poorly written plug in to crash Audacity so always sa...

Page 31: ...ile Amplify Changes the volume of the selected audio If you click the Allow clipping check box it will let you amplify so much that the audio ends up beyond the range of the waveform and is clipped distorted The default value when you open the effect is to amplify so that the loudest part of the selection is as loud as possible without distortion Bass Boost Enhances the bass frequencies in the aud...

Page 32: ...Echo Very simple effect that repeats the selection with a decay sounding like a series of echoes This effect does not change the length of the selection so you may want to add silence to the end of the track before applying it using the Generate Menu Equalization Boosts or reduces arbitrary frequencies You can select one of a number of different curves designed to equalize the sound of some popula...

Page 33: ...ful to normalize all of your tracks before mixing If you have a lot of tracks you may then need to use the track gain sliders to turn some down Nyquist Prompt Allows you to express arbitrary transformations using a powerful functional programming language See the Nyquist section of the Audacity website for more information Phaser The name Phaser comes from Phase Shifter because it works by combini...

Page 34: ... Power Spectrum of the audio over that region calculated using the Fast Fourier Transform The graph represents how much energy is in each frequency As you move the mouse over the display it shows you the nearest peak frequency This window can also display other common functions that are calculated using the Fast Fourier Transform including three versions of the Autocorrelation function The Enhance...

Page 35: ...ng USB port on your computer USB device not powered USB device not connected to the computer Make sure the USB device is connected to a working USB port on your computer If already connected try reconnecting the device and restarting the software Bad USB cable or port Try using a different USB cable Also try reconnecting the USB device to a different USB port on your computer 34 ...

Page 36: ...t connected If using external speakers make sure that they are connected to your computer s sound card I am experiencing poor sound quality Close all other applications restart the computer and run only EZ Audio Converter Other software applications are interfering with the EZ Audio Converter If transferring from vinyl gently clean the surface of the record first Vinyl record is dirty or scratched...

Page 37: ... it up Computer audio output not is not set correctly Make sure that your computer s audio sound card is selected as your playback device Please note depending upon your computer the playback device will be different but should not say USB Audio Codec The recording is barely audible I cannot hear my recordings once I have transferred them and tried to play them on my computer While the USB device ...

Page 38: ...lem Cause Solution On Windows Vista or 7 my recordings are mono instead of stereo In Vista or 7 you may need to manually specify stereo for the recording input Recording input properties in Vista or 7 not set to stereo 37 ...

Page 39: ...M The included EZ Converter software requires Mac OS 10 4 or higher However the included Audacity software is compatible with Mac OS 10 1 or higher Customers with computers running Mac OS 9 may download an earlier version of Audacity v 1 0 0 for free at http audacity sourceforge net download mac Windows and Vista are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation Mac is a trademark of Apple Inc re...

Page 40: ... 1 3 rpm and 45 rpm Wow and flutter Less than 0 25 WRMS Turntable platter 300mm diameter platter CARTRIDGE Type Moving magnetic cartridge Stylus Bonded diamond 0 6mil Radius of sphere Optimum tracking force 2 5 3 5 grams Output 170mV 340mV Frequency response 50 20 000Hz Crosstalk 16 dB 1 KHz 39 ...

Page 41: ...Specifications ConT GENERAL Power supply 110V 60 Hz Power consumption 5W Dimensions 16 5 w x 4 25 h x 14 25 d Net weight approx 7lbs 40 ...

Page 42: ... given the original product must be returned to Brookstone and becomes Brookstone s property ObtainingService Toobtainwarrantyservice callBrookstoneLimitedWarrantyServiceat 1 800 292 9819 Please be prepared to describe the product that needs service and the nature of the problem A purchase receipt is required All repairs and replacements must be authorized in advance Service options parts availabi...

Page 43: ...shed items or h a product that is used commercially or for a commercial purpose Brookstone SHALL NOT BE LIABLE FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES RESULTING FROM THE USE OF THIS PRODUCT OR ARISING OUT OF ANY BREACH OF THIS WARRANTY TO THE EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW BROOKSTONE DISCLAIMS ANY AND ALL STATUTORY OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILIT...

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