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/
Note : Please ensure you have installed the software before
starting.
Setting up your PC to work withAudacity
1. Connect an input source to the unit
2 Connect the USB lead to your computer
3. Install theAudacity recording software
4. Open theAudacity program
5. Select Preference from the Edit tab in theAudacity menu
6. SelectAudio I/O tab at the top left
• Under Playback, Device, select your internal sound card
• Under Recording, Device, select USBAudio CODEC
• Under Recording, Channels, select 2 (Stereo)
• Check the box marked Play other tracks while recording
new one
• Check the box marked Software Play through
AUDACITY SOFTWARE OVERVIEW
RECORDINGALBUMS WITHAUDACITY
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 tone arm 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 yellow Stop button.
That's it. You can now play around with your recording and explore
the editing capabilities ofAudacity.
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.
SAVING FILES IN MP3 FORMAT
Audacity software saves files in Wav and Ogg Vorbis format.
For saving files in MP3 format you will need files
x"lame_enc.dll" for Windows and file "LameLib" for Mac.
To get these files for Windows & Mac OSX: Click at:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/help/faq?s=install&item=l
ame-mp3&lang=es
Windows
- Access download page LAME.
- Click at any "lame-3.96.1" file, they are the same.
- When LAME files download is finish save it in you PC.
- At Audacity, when exporting to MP3 format software will
ask for lame_enc.dll file.
OSX
Mac
- Access download page LAME.
- LameLib in to your MAC OSX.
- Use Stuffit Expander to extract files.
- Save file "LameLib" in your MAC.
- Audacity, when exporting to MP3 format software will
ask for LameLib file.
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