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Recording from a Turntable

To make the audio sound normal, many turntables 
need a special filter setting, known as the “RIAA 
Curve.” Your old home stereo’s turntable input had 
a special equalization circuit built into it (remember 
when stereos had “Phono” inputs?). Final Vinyl 
recreates this equalization curve using digital 
signal processing.

1. To add this turntable filter, select “Effects” from 

the Action Menu. A new window will pop open, 
labeled “Effect View.”

2. At the bottom left of the “Effect View” window, 

click on the plus symbol and choose the effect 
you want (in this case, “EQ”).

3. Two options appear: “Typical Connection” and 

“Connected to Turntable.” Select “Connected 
to Turntable” and click Apply. (For tape decks 
or other line level audio devices, you would 
select “Typical Connection.”)

Summary of Contents for Final Vinyl

Page 1: ...Final Vinyl User Manual...

Page 2: ...al Vinyl Controls Recording from a Turntable Recording and Monitoring Audio Playing Back Audio More About EQ Settings AU Effects Other Action Menu Items Using Auto Mark Configuration Using Auto Mark S...

Page 3: ...to Final Vinyl stereo recording and editing software from Griffin Final Vinyl was originally created for use with Griffin iMic to make it easier to digitize your record collection But iMic and Final...

Page 4: ...laying your audio device You should begin to see movement on the Input level meter A good healthy signal will generally light up about 75 80 of the blue input level indicators If you do not see signal...

Page 5: ...your operating system please download the software from our website http www griffintechnology com support products imic 2 Open Final Vinyl from your Applications folder With Final Vinyl open go to Fi...

Page 6: ...e Location Indicator Tells you how long you have been recording or where the Final Vinyl cursor is located in the waveform 6 Levels Meter Tells you how loud the signal is If it is repeatedly hitting t...

Page 7: ...equalization curve using digital signal processing 1 To add this turntable filter select Effects from the Action Menu A new window will pop open labeled Effect View 2 At the bottom left of the Effect...

Page 8: ...e Record button will blink The elapsed time of your current recording session will be displayed in the Time Location indicator 3 To stop recording press the flashing Record button again Final Vinyl wi...

Page 9: ...u are zoomed in you can use the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the waveform display to move forward right and backward left through the recording 2 To stop playing press the Play button or the...

Page 10: ...will be 10dB softer The trick is to balance all your various volume controls including your Mac s sound panel Final Vinyl s Gain setting in Preferences Final Vinyl s EQ settings and possibly others de...

Page 11: ...them and changing settings to get the best possible sound 2 If you want to remove a specific effect just click on that effect to highlight it in the list then click the button right beside the button...

Page 12: ...ck Pro Logic Express Logic Pro Final Cut Pro and most 3rd party audio software developed for Mac OS X If you d like more information on AU effects there is documentation on Apple s website that provid...

Page 13: ...silence anywhere in the recording Use this for example to add a couple of seconds of complete silence before or after a song 3 Normalize Normalization applies a constant amount of gain to any selected...

Page 14: ...song should be at least xx minutes long thus helps Auto Mark in detecting gaps correctly 2 Minimum length between tracks Some albums have fairly long gaps between songs while others have very short g...

Page 15: ...drop down menu at the top of your screen The number of the region where your cursor is positioned will be the one showing in the Save As menu For example if you want to save just the 3rd region of you...

Page 16: ...inal Vinyl can directly save a file as either WAV an audio file format that is popular with Windows PC users or AIFC a variant of the AIFF audio file format popular with Macintosh users But you can al...

Page 17: ...th the best technical support in the business In the unlikely event that you will need further assistance call 800 208 5996 and you will be greeted by live human beings who are familiar with Griffin p...

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