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AUDACITY SOFTWARE OVERVIEW
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/
CAUTION
: Please ensure you have installed the software before starting.
Setting up your PC to work with Audacity
1. Connect an input source to the unit.
2. Connect the USB lead to your computer.
3. Install the Audacity recording software.
4. Open the Audacity program.
5. Select Preference from the Edit tab in the Audacity Menu.
6. Select Devices at the top left.
•
Under Interface, Host, select
Windows DirectSound
.
•
Under Playback, Device, select
your internal sound card
.
•
Under Recording, Device, select
USB Audio CODEC
.
•
Recording, Channels, select
2 (Stereo)
.
Recording Albums with Audacity
1. Saving a project
• Audacity writes all the changed and recorded audio to a directory called
Projectname_data
, which is located
right where you saved the project file itself.
• Thus, select
Save project as
from your Audacity File tab and choose a location and filename for your project.
•
Please note that when you startup Audacity fresh, only the “
Save As
...” menu option is available.
2. How to record
•
Set your USB turntable up to play the song or album you want to record.
• Click on the red Record button
to begin recording.
• Lower tonearm on USB turntable onto album and track you want to record.
• Click on the blue Pause button
to pause the recording. Press it again to continue.
• Click on the y
ellow Stop button.
That's it.
You can now play around with your recording and explore the editing capabilities of Audacity.
Remember that you can use the Undo function almost without limits while the project is open.
NOTE
: CD's cannot be burned directly from the Audacity application. Other CD burning applications should be
used.
