Page 2 - CONTENTS
2 CONTENTS CONTENTS---------------------------------------------------2 DESCRIPTION-----------------------------------------------3,4 Audacity Software Instruction-------------------------5-20
Page 3 - DESCRIPTION
3 DESCRIPTION 1. Adapter: Use this adapter when playing 45 RPM records. 2. Power Switch: Use this switch to turn the turntable on and off. 3. Platter: Set the record here when playing. 4. Stroboscope Lamp: This lamp shines on the marking on the outside edge of the platter. (This is useful when makin...
Page 6 - MAINTENANCE; TO INSTALL NEW CARTRIDGE; IMPORTANT RECOMMENDATIONS
6 MAINTENANCE TO REPLACE THE STYLUS (FIG.A) - Put the rest (11) clip on the pick-up arm. - Remove the protective cap from the stylus. - Pull the stylus in the direction of arrow (A) and remove it. - Put in the new stylus following the reverse procedure. - Replace the protective cap on the stylus. TO...
Page 7 - Audacity Quick Guide; Before Starting the Software; Figure 1: Select Stereo Mix
7 Audacity Quick Guide Before Starting the Software Make sure that your USB turntable is plugged into the computer and both the computer and the turntable are plugged in and on. To Install Software (PC) 1. Plug in your turntable to an AC outlet and connect the USB port on the Turntable to the USB po...
Page 8 - Figure 2: Select USB Audio Device from Preferences; After complete the above setting, you are ready for recording.
8 Select the USB audio device under the “Recording” selection as shown. Select “Software Playthrough” to hear the audio while recording. Note: The USBTurntable may show up with a different name in Windows system.. This may depend on your computer model and operating system. 99% of the time it will c...
Page 10 - Edit Toolbar
10 Skip to End - moves the cursor to the end of the last track. Edit Toolbar All of the buttons on this toolbar perform actions - and with a couple of exceptions, they're all just shortcuts of existing menu items to save you time. Holding the mouse over a tool will show a "tooltip" in case y...
Page 11 - float
11 Track Pop-Down Menu The Track Pop-Down Menu appears when you click in a track's title. This lets you access a few special commands that apply to individual tracks. Name... - lets you change the name of the track. Move Track Up - exchange places with the track above this one. Move Track Down - exc...
Page 12 - Set Rate; File Menu; New
12 Set Rate - sets the number of samples per second of the track. 44100 Hz is used by audio CDs. Tracks can have different sample rates in Audacity; they are automatically resampled to the project sample rate (in the lower-left corner of the window). [MENU] File Menu New - creates a new empty window...
Page 13 - Edit Menu
13 Export Selection As MP3... - same as above, but only exports the current selection. Export as Ogg Vorbis... - exports all of the audio as an Ogg Vorbis file. Ogg Vorbis files are compressed and therefore take up much less disk space, but they lose some audio quality. Ogg Vorbis files tend to take...
Page 15 - View Menu
15 Snap-To ... > Snap Off - Turns Snap-To mode off letting you select arbitrary ranges of time Preferences... - opens the Preferences dialog. View Menu Zoom In - Zooms in on the horizontal axis of the audio, displaying more detail about less time. You can also use the zoom tool to zoom in on a pa...
Page 16 - Float Mixer Toolbar; Project Menu; Quick Mix
16 Float Mixer Toolbar - moves the Mixer Toolbar out of the window and into its own floating window as above. Project Menu Import Audio... - This command is used to import audio from a standard audio format into your project. Use this command if you already have a couple of tracks and you want to ad...
Page 17 - Generate Menu
17 that track was at a non-default rate then you may need to use Set Rate from the Track Pop-Down menu to set the correct sample rate. New Stereo Track - same as above, but creates a stereo track. You can also create a stereo track by joining two tracks using the track pop-down menu. New Label Track...
Page 18 - Effect Menu
18 Silence - inserts silence Tone... - you can create a Sine wave, Square wave, or Sawtooth wave. White Noise - inserts random audio samples, which sounds like pure static. Any items which appear after these three built-ins are VST, Ladspa, or Nyquist plug-ins. It is possible for a poorly written pl...
Page 20 - Analyze Menu; Plot Spectrum; Help Menu; About Audacity
20 Repeat - repeats the selection a certain number of times. This operation is quite fast and space- efficient, so it is practical to use it to create nearly-infinite loops. Reverse - This effect reverses the selected audio temporally; after the effect the end of the audio will be heard first and th...