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Step 3. How to use Audacity to record your music   

           

 

 

mbeat®

 USB turntable and cassette to digital recorder is able to transfer music from turntable or 

cassette to PC with USB connection by using the powerful audio edit software named “Audacity”. For 
the detailed software guide please refer to the “Audacity Software Quick Guide” and Audacity 
official website as well. 
 

Please note your computer audio configuration may slightly different as our manual 
description, please check it carefully and make prompt changes to suit your system.   
 
Some software knowledge is required to operate software in handling more complicated 
functionalities (Please read this chapter carefully in order to find the right Audio In and Out 
for your device and your PC) 

 

1.

 

Turn on the device, connect the USB cable to the device and computer, no extra driver is 
required to drive this device. 

 
2.

 

Your computer should detect a new 

“USB PnP Audio “

device (USB Plug and Play Audio Device) 

or it could named like 

“Generic USB Audio Device”

, or whatsoever, they are the same thing, just 

depending on how your PC call it. 

 
3.

 

Double click to open up the Audacity program and you will see this similar interface screen on 
your computer. 

Summary of Contents for USB-TR08

Page 1: ...fore use and store in a safe place for future reference Product color and specification are subject to change without prior notice The manufacturer or distributor reserves the right to amend the instruction manual at anytime to reflect the latest product design changes or limitations Version 082010 ...

Page 2: ...Product introduction ...

Page 3: ...Initial start up Power on Ensure that the mains voltage of your home corresponds to the operating voltage of the unit Your ...

Page 4: ...ng the Speed select switch among 33 3 45 or 78rpm 4 Turn on the Rotary Power Volume Switch 5 Release the tone arm lock 6 Push in the arm with your hand lightly 7 Gently place the tone arm vertically over the first track of the record the turntable will start turning automatically 8 Put down the cartridge slowly to the record then the turntable will start to play 9 When a record comes to the end th...

Page 5: ...it is normal 3 To fast forward the cassette press the control knob refer figure 3 half way down refer figure 4 the cassette starts to fast forward To exit this mode just press down the control knob slightly 4 To jump over the sound tracks just slightly press down and hold the knob refer figure 3 and release as desired to exit this mode 5 To eject the cassette firstly to turn off the power volume b...

Page 6: ...o editing software program With the software installed you can record old music collection into digital and store on your PC If you using Windows 7 OS or MAC OS X you can also download the free version of the latest Audacity software to install on your computer Details please refer Audacity Software Quick Guide later Download link http audacity sourceforge net download Step 2 To connect your devic...

Page 7: ...e prompt changes to suit your system Some software knowledge is required to operate software in handling more complicated functionalities Please read this chapter carefully in order to find the right Audio In and Out for your device and your PC 1 Turn on the device connect the USB cable to the device and computer no extra driver is required to drive this device 2 Your computer should detect a new ...

Page 8: ...to get your desire sound volume when you using computer speaker to play back please note that this setting will not effect the final recording track volume level only effect the computer speaker volume just works like your Windows OS volume and microphone controller panel 6 Very Important is to Select the Edit menu on the top bar of the software and then select Preference in the drop down menu it ...

Page 9: ...down menu Select USB PnP Audio which indicated the audio source from the device when it is plugged into the computer Your system may show the name like Generic USB Audio device or USB PnP Device it does not matter Important is to find the proper recording source that is match with this recorder Please also tick Software play through Play new track while you are recording this function enables you ...

Page 10: ...ect the RECORD button to start recording your music from turntable or cassette into digital format 8 You can turn the device s volume down and turn on the computer speaker to monitor your records 9 Select the PAUSE button to pause the recording ...

Page 11: ...r formats including WAV MP3 Ogg Vorbis Once the cassette vinyl record reaches its end the recorder will stop to work and you can turn around another side or change a new cassette vinyl record to keep recording as you like Please note if you try to convert the file into MP3 format you need to install LAME encoder software and you install it at the first time you using then it will work in the futur...

Page 12: ...ave the file anywhere on your computer Do not right click the link to the exe file z Double click Lame_v3 98 2_for_Audacity_on_Windows exe to launch it you can safely ignore any warnings that the publisher could not be verified z Follow the Setup instructions to install LAME for Audacity Do not change the offered destination location of C Program Files Lame for Audacity z The first time you use th...

Page 13: ...opy or paste those converted MP3 WMA OGG files into your MP3 MP4 player or you can load them into your iTunes then transfer into your iPod Please note some of the digital MP3 MP4 player may not able to fully support all type of converted music file such as FLAC OGG due to the original hardware limitation however most of digital music player can support MP3 or WMA files Turntable basic maintenance ...

Page 14: ... out that for the same reason your stylus should be replaced periodically approximately every 250 hours 3 Dust the stylus from time to time using a very soft brush dipped in alcohol brushing from back to front of the cartridge WHEN TRANSPORTING YOUR TURNTABLE PLAYER DO NOT FORGET TO 1 Replace the protective cap on the stylus 2 Put the rest clip into the pick up arm Trouble shooting and FQA 1 Devic...

Page 15: ...y back the cassette z Check whether the cassette is jammed inside z Check whether the cassette is played to the end and stopped z Check the device is power on properly z Check volume is not set to off 5 Noise from the speaker z Vinyl record has little background noise due to its natural acoustic character and minor background noise is consider as normal z Check whether the Vinyl record track is da...

Page 16: ...first You can also download the software from the website directly if your disk is not readable http audacity sourceforge net To Install Software PC Record 1 Insert the CD that came with your product 2 Click on the Audacity file to open it and then click on the audacity exe to run it Follow the on screen instructions to install the program 3 With the software installed you can record to your PC 4 ...

Page 17: ...ng To record 1 Start the device with the vinyl record or cassette Click the red record button on the toolbar to begin recording to PC 2 When the track has finished recording click the orange stop button 3 Drop down the File menu and select the intended music format to be exported as 4 Select where you would like to save the file e g my music name the file and save As the audacity software cannot s...

Page 18: ...ning Play starts playing audio at the cursor position If some audio is selected only the selection is played Loop if you hold down the Shift key the Play button changes to a Loop button which lets you keep playing the selection 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 ...

Page 19: ...h Cut Copy Paste Trim away the audio outside the selection Silence the selected audio Undo Redo repeat last command 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 Track Pop Down Menu The Track Pop Down Menu appears when you click in a track s title This lets you access a f...

Page 20: ...the bottom track representing the right speaker When tracks are joined into a stereo pair all edits automatically apply to both the left and right channel Split Stereo Track if the selected track is a stereo track a pair of left and right tracks joined together as a single track this operation splits them into two separate tracks that you can modify and edit independently Set Sample Format this de...

Page 21: ... exporting from Audacity by opening the File Format Preferences Note that exporting will automatically mix and re sample if you have more than one track or varying sample rates See also File Formats Export Selection As WAV same as above but only exports the current selection Export as MP3 exports all of the audio as an MP3 file MP3 files are compressed and therefore take up much less disk space bu...

Page 22: ...perations that were undone Cut Removes the selected audio data and places it on the clipboard Only one thing can be on the clipboard at a time but it may contain multiple tracks Copy Copies the selected audio data to the clipboard without removing it from the project Paste Inserts whatever is on the clipboard at the position of the selection or cursor in the project replacing whatever audio data i...

Page 23: ... Snap To Snap On Enable Snap To mode When Snap To mode is enabled the selection will be constrained to the nearest interval on the time scale by default the nearest second So if you click and drag from 4 2 seconds to 9 8 seconds it will result in a selection from 4 seconds to 10 seconds exactly You can change the units that are snapped to using the Set Selection Format option in the View Menu Snap...

Page 24: ...w so you can position it wherever you want The menu item changes to Dock Edit Toolbar which you can use to put the toolbar back into the main window Float Edit Toolbar moves the Edit Toolbar out of the window and into its own floating window so you can position it wherever you want The menu item changes to Dock Edit Toolbar which you can use to put toolbar back into the main window Float Meter Too...

Page 25: ... down to reduce their volume before mixing New Audio Track This creates a new empty Audio Track This command is rarely needed since importing recording and mixing automatically create new tracks as needed But you can use this to cut or copy data from an existing track and paste it into a blank track that track was at a non default rate then you may need to use Set Rate from the Track Pop Down menu...

Page 26: ...e wave Square wave or Saw tooth wave White Noise inserts random audio samples which sounds like pure static Any items which appear after these three built ins It is possible for a poorly written plug in to crash Audacity so always save your work before using a plug in Note that any effect that doesn t take any audio as input will automatically be placed in the Generate menu Effect Menu The items i...

Page 27: ...ore applying it using the Generate Menu Equalization Boost or reduce arbitrary frequencies You can select one of a number of different curves designed to equalize the sound of some popular record manufacturers or draw your own curve Fade In fades the selection in linearly Fade Out fades the selection out linearly FFT Filter similar to Equalization lets you enhance or reduce arbitrary frequencies T...

Page 28: ...rly written plug in to crash Audacity so always save your work before using a plug in effect Analyze Menu Plot Spectrum To use this feature first select a region of audio from a single track and then select Plot Spectrum It opens up a window that displays the Power Spectrum of the audio over that region calculated using the Fast Fourier Transform The graph represents how much energy is in each fre...

Page 29: ...been removed or altered on the product Warranty is valid only in the country of purchase If you live outside of Australia please contact your reseller for warranty service Mbeat Australia will not process any warranty returns or repairs if the product is taken outside of Australia This Warranty does not cover A Cosmetic damage or damage due to acts of God B Accident misuse abuse negligence or modi...

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