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13.    Audio Recorder 3.0 Plus

 

3.1.1.A    Step 1. Connect the USB Cassette Player.   
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
  Connect the USB Cassette Player to your PC using the USB cable. 
 

Note: The USB cassette player does not require batteries when it is used with honestech Audio 
Recorder 3.0 Plus.   The cassette player draws power through the USB cable when connected 
to a PC. 

 

Summary of Contents for 3.0 Plus

Page 1: ...honestech Audio Recorder 3 0 Plus User Guide ...

Page 2: ... of distribution to another computer is not considered in use Except as may be modified by a license addendum which accompanies this License Agreement the Licensee s rights and obligations with respect to the use of this Software are as follows You May 1 Use the Software for commercial or business purposes in the manner described in the Documentation 2 Use the Software to share Internet connection...

Page 3: ...entation or any hardware even if licensor has been advised of the possibility of such damages or for any claim by any third party 7 General a Any Software and Hardware provided to Licensee by Licensor shall not be exported or re exported in violation of any export provisions of the United States or any other applicable jurisdiction Any attempt to sublicense assign or transfer any of the rights dut...

Page 4: ...order 3 0 Plus 5 1 2 Main Features 5 1 3 System Requirements 6 1 4 Sorftware Components 6 2 HONESTECH AUDIO RECORDER 3 0 PLUS INSTALLATION 7 2 1 Installing honestech Audio Recorder 3 0 Plus 7 3 USING HONESTECH AUDIO RECORDER 3 0 PLUS 11 3 1 Easy Wizard Mode 12 3 2 Advanced Mode 24 4 UNISTALL HONESTECH AUDIO RECORDER 3 0 PLUS 41 ...

Page 5: ...ttes and LP records to MP3 Audio CD or MP3 CD WAV MP3 Recording Record your audio into WAV or MP3 format in real time Audio Conversion Convert WAV files into MP3 format Noise Reduction Reduce unwanted noise or static Audio Normalizer Control irregular volume by by increasing or decreasing as needed Digital Amplifier Increase audio volume for Cassette Digitizer with low output volume Audio Editing ...

Page 6: ...ndows Media Player 6 4 or higher CD Writer for Audio CD MP3 CD Input File Formats WAV MP3 Audio Output Formats WAV MP3 MP3 CD Audio CD 1 4 Sorftware Components honestech Audio Recorder 3 0 Plus has 2 modes 1 Easy Wizard Mode Follow on screen instructions to record audio from your cassette or LP record players and create MP3s MP3 CDs or audio CDs 2 Advanced Mode Users can control the volume and edi...

Page 7: ...Plus 2 1 1 Insert the installation CD into your CD DVD drive on your computer 2 1 2 The installation process will start automatically Note If the installation does NOT start automatically double click on Setup exe file on the installation CD to begin the installation process 2 1 3 Click Next to continue the installation ...

Page 8: ...he License Agreement Click Next after accepting the License Agreement to continue with the installation 2 1 5 Click Change if you want to install the software in a different folder Click Next to continue with the installation ...

Page 9: ...create your own program folder by entering a new folder name Then click Next to continue with the installation 2 1 7 Click Install to start installing the software with the current setting If you want to change the setting click on Back to go back to the previous screen ...

Page 10: ...10 honestech 2 1 8 Setup status screen will display the installation progress Please wait for completion 2 1 9 Click on Finish to complete the installation ...

Page 11: ...nestech Audio Recorder 3 0 Plus by simply double clicking on this icon Or you can start the program through the Start menu button by clicking Start All Programs honestech Audio Recorder 3 0 Plus honestech Audio Recorder 3 0 Plus Following screen will be displayed when the program starts ...

Page 12: ... 1 Step 1 Select Your Audio Player A Select USB Cassette Player option to record cassettes a Please refer to the section 3 1 1 A for further instructions B Select Other Audio Players to convert from other audio players such as turntable 8 track or others a Please refer to the section 3 1 1 B for further instructions ...

Page 13: ...sette Player Connect the USB Cassette Player to your PC using the USB cable Note The USB cassette player does not require batteries when it is used with honestech Audio Recorder 3 0 Plus The cassette player draws power through the USB cable when connected to a PC ...

Page 14: ...ck device B Connect the 3 5mm connector to the Line In or Microphone jack on your computer 2 If your audio playback device has headphone jack please use a 3 5mm to 3 5mm audio cable A Connect one end of the audio cable to the headphone jack on your audio playback device B Connect the other end to the Line In or Microphone jack on your computer 3 If you are using an external audio capture device pl...

Page 15: ...15 Audio Recorder 3 0 Plus 3 1 1 B 1 Step 1 2 Select Your Audio Capture Device Select Your Audio Capture Device i e Mic Line In or your sound card ...

Page 16: ...r best audio quality Set your recording levels so they do not exceed the red area beyond Rare occurrences are acceptable but continual playback in red may result in distorted sound Note The Cassette Digitizer must be playing audio 1 Help button Click on the button to view the help document ...

Page 17: ...p You can control various volume settings at the hardware level or software level 1 Adjust the volume on the USB Cassette Player 2 Adjust the recording volume 3 Adjust the master volume on your Windows OS This does not affect the recording ...

Page 18: ...ettings You can turn the noise reduction option on off and select the output folder 1 Noise reduction option Reduces static or hiss during recording 2 Output folder setting Select a folder where the recorded audio tracks will be stored ...

Page 19: ...e Digitizer and click on the Start Recording button Step 4 Click the Stop Recording button and a recorded track in MP3 format will be created If the track size is over 2GB it will be split into 2 or more files 1 Recording time setting Set the recording time and the recording will stop automatically after pre defined time HH MM SS Maximum time is 23 59 59 23 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds If you d...

Page 20: ...ck on the Record button to start recording Once the recording begins the Record button will change to a Stop button When you click the Stop button the recording will stop 3 Recording status Displays the recording status only when the Set Recording Time option is used ...

Page 21: ...ce from the list of available CD DVD writers on your PC Step 2 Insert a blank CD Step 3 Select your output disc format Audio CD or MP3 CD 1 Select CD DVD writer Select a burning device from the list of available CD DVD writers on your PC 2 Eject button Eject the tray 3 Output format option Select the output format default setting audio CD ...

Page 22: ...ove buttons Add or remove audio files from the list 2 Click in the Track Name field and enter the song title track name 3 Available disc space Displays the amount of available space remaining on the CD The red mark indicates that the reauired space exceeds what is available on the CD If the red mark appears you will need to remove one or more audio files from the list ...

Page 23: ...23 Audio Recorder 3 0 Plus 4 Burn button Click to start burning 5 Burning status Displays the burning progress ...

Page 24: ...or static The audio is recorded in WAV format but you can convert it into MP3 format Adjust the volume bar on the screen or your Cassette Digitizer for best audio quality Set your recording levels so they do not exceed the red area beyond Rare occurrences are acceptable but continual playback in red may result in distorted sound 1 Record button Click to record the audio from your Cassette Digitize...

Page 25: ...added to the list as shown below 3 Selection box Place a check mark in the box next to each audio track you wish to convert or burn to CD 4 Options button Adjust various recording settings 5 Publish button Adds the selected audio tracks to the burn list and opens the Publish window ...

Page 26: ...ng Set the recording time and the recording will stop automatically after a pre defined time HH MM SS Maximum time is 23 59 59 23 hours 59 minutes and 59 seconds 8 File status Displays the track length and size during the recording 9 Recording status Displays the recording progress only when the Set Recording Time option is used ...

Page 27: ...Audio Recorder 3 0 Plus 3 2 1 1 Options These options allow you to select a recording device audio quality noise reductions etc 1 Capture device setting Select a recording device from the available devices ...

Page 28: ...uality format for your recording 4 Noise reduction setting Adjust the noise reduction setting to eliminate unwanted background noise or static 5 Prefix file name setting The name you enter will be the prefix for all output file names 6 Output folder setting Select output folder where recorded audio files will be saved to ...

Page 29: ...ly or automatically using the Auto Split option You can add various special effects to your audio recordings 1 Open File button Add recorded WAV files to the list or import pre existing WAV files 2 Auto Split button Searches for the gaps in between songs and automatically creates split marks for each track This eliminates the need for the long editing process required to split the tracks manually ...

Page 30: ...ow buttons Zoom in and out or view the entire waveform at once 6 Play Pause Stop buttons Play the selected segment or pause stop the playback 7 Start End position buttons Jump to the start or end position 8 Rewind Forward buttons Rewind or fast forward in 5 sec units 9 Play Time display Displays the current location and the total playback time 10 Volume control Controls the playback volume ...

Page 31: ...o choose from Please refer to the Effects section for detail 12 Undo button Undo all the effects you added to the audio file 13 Selection box Place a check mark in the box next to teach audio track you wish to convert or burn to CD 14 Publish button Add selected audio tracks to the burn list and open the Publish window ...

Page 32: ...ick and browse for WAV file that you want to edit After importing one WAV file Step 2 Click on the waveform where you want to split your tracks and a split line will be added as shown below The split line can be moved or adjusted by clicking and dragging anywhere on the line ...

Page 33: ...h an X on top will appear where the audio track has been split And the separated tracks will be added to the burn list Undo Split Click the on top of the split mark to merge the tracks before and after the split mark Select deselect track You can check or uncheck the checkbox for each audio track in the burn list or ab ove the waveform ...

Page 34: ...ree effects will be added to the entire track while fade in out will be applied to selected sections only Amplify The digital amplifier allows you to increase or decrease the volume level for the select audio track Click the Preview button to check it before finalizing the effect Normalize Use the digital normalizer to control irregular volume Before After ...

Page 35: ...e noise reduction level and click the Preview button to check the result 2 If acceptable click OK to apply the effect Fade In Out You can apply Fade In Out to the beginning and end of the audio clip Fade In Slowly increase the volume for the selected duration Fade Out Slowly decreasing the volume for the selected duration ...

Page 36: ... Create audio CD using the selected audio files 2 MP3 CD Convert selected audio files into MP3 files and burn them to MP3 CD 3 WAV File Convert selected audio files into WAV files 4 MP3 File Convert selected audio files into MP3 files ID3 Tag information album name song title and year will be added to the MP3 files ...

Page 37: ...ck at a time 2 second gap is created between the tracks DAO Disc at once Burns all tracks at once no audio gap is created between tracks Note Some older CD players may not play CDs burned in DAO mode TAO mode is recommended if you have an older CD player 2 WAV File Select the channel and sample rate settings ...

Page 38: ...38 honestech 3 MP3 CD and MP3 File Adjust the MP3 file settings including the channel sample rate and bitrate settings ...

Page 39: ...unt of available free space remaining on the CD A red mark will indicate that the required space exceeds the space available on the CD If you see the red mark you will need to remove one or more audio tracks from the list 9 Burning status Displays the burning progress 10 Select burning device Select a CD DVD writer 11 Output folder setting Select a folder where the converted tracks will be saved 1...

Page 40: ...40 honestech Help View Help files Minimize Minimize the screen Exit Exit the program ...

Page 41: ...udio Recorder 3 0 Plus 1 Find its program group Start All Programs honestech Audio Recorder 3 0 Plus UnInstall honestech Audio Recorder 3 0 Plus 2 Select Uninstall honestech Audio Recorder 3 0 Plus Please click Yes to uninstall 3 Uninstalling progress ...

Page 42: ...42 honestech 4 Uninstall Completed You will see a screen confirming a successful completion Please click Finish to finish the process ...

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