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Recording
Tutorials:
Case 1: Recording from microphone
Case 2:
Recording from videotape
Case 3:
Recording from WinAmp or stream audio from Internet
How to save a session of an audio file?
How to copy and paste?
How to merge two or more selections together?
How to apply a special effect?
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Case 1: Recording from
microphone
Most sound cards provide the ability to receive sound input from a
microphone through the sound card microphone port. This is useful for
recording voice or sounds to your computer.
1. Check Your Hardware: If your microphone has never worked, or it
stopped working, first check the physical connection of the microphone.
Verify that it is firmly plugged into the microphone port instead of the
headphone or speaker port. If you are not sure which port is correct,
you can check the sound card to see if it is marked (sometimes with a
picture of a microphone), you can use a process of elimination, check
the documentation that came with your hardware, or contact the hardware
manufacturer.
2. Open Audio Recorder Deluxe, click "Browse" button to select or
create a destination sound file(Mp3 or Wav).
3. Click "Record volume control" button to select the
recording properties in the dialog box. Select the microphone device,
adjust the recording volume for the highest possible performance. You
might see other devices, such as CD-Player or Synthesizer (MIDI), in the
recording panel, uncheck all non-essential devices, this cuts down
background noise.
4. Click "Record" button, and then speak into the microphone.
If the microphone is plugged into the correct jack, the wave patterns on
the display should move up and down. If it does not move, sound is not
making it through your microphone. If the wave does move, press
"Stop" button, and then press "Play" button to
listen to your recording. The recording is the destination sound file
you selected.
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Case 2: Recording from
videotape
You can get the audio from videotape to Mp3 or Wav files with Audio
Recorder Deluxe.
1. Connect the left and right audio-out terminals on the VCR to the
line-in or microphone terminal on the sound card.
2. Open Audio Recorder Deluxe, click "Browse" button to select or
create a destination sound file(Mp3 or Wav).
3. Click "Record volume control" button to select the
recording properties in the dialog box. Select the line-in or microphone
device, adjust the recording volume for the highest possible
performance. You might see other devices, such as CD-Player or
Synthesizer (MIDI), in the recording panel, uncheck all non-essential
devices, this cuts down background noise.
4. Now start the playback of the VCR and click the "Record"
button in Audio Recorder Deluxe. You should see a wave pattern display of
the audio as it is playing. If the volume settings are too high, you see
the wave patterns being clipped off and appearing to fill the recording
window. If the settings are too low, you see only very small variations
in the wave pattern. If the sound is being clipped off because the
volume is too high, move the line-in or microphone volume setting down
until most of the volume range is displayed without clipping. If the
sound is too low, increase the volume setting. Ok, here's the trick with
the line-in or microphone input. If the recording effect is
satisfactory, then stop the recording test by clicking "Stop"
button.
5. Depending on your sound card and the volume of the audio source, you
might not get enough volume using the line-in input. In this case try
the microphone input, as the volume sensitivity through the microphone
input is generally greater than with the line-in input.
6. OK, let's rewind the tape and start the playback from the point you
want to record. Hit the "Record" button and stand by. When you
want to stop recording, just click "Stop" button, and the
destination sound file is there.
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Case 3: Recording from WinAmp
or stream audio from Internet
1. Open Audio Recorder Deluxe, click "Browse" button to select or
create a destination sound file(Mp3 or Wav).
2. Click "Record volume control" button to select the
recording properties in the dialog box. Select the Stereo Mix device or
the equivalent, adjust the recording volume for the highest possible
performance. You might see other devices, such as CD-Player or
Microphone, in the recording panel, uncheck all non-essential devices,
this cuts down background noise.
3. Now start the playback of the WinAmp or the stream audio from
Internet and click the "Record" button in Audio Recorder
Deluxe.
Adjust the volume setting by observing a wave pattern display of the
audio as it is playing. You can pause the process of recording by
clicking the "Pause" button any time you want and then resume
it by clicking the "Resume" button.
4. When you want to stop recording, just click "Stop" button,
and the destination sound file is there.
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How to save a session of an
audio file?
1. Open an audio file;
2. Drag your mouse with left button down along the wave form until the
point where you desire to select a session of the file;
3. Click File->Save
selected as... to save the selection in a desired directory.
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How to copy and paste a selection?
1. Open an audio file;
2. Drag your mouse with left button down along the wave form until the
point where you desire to select a session of the file;
3. Click Edit->Copy
( or click 
) to copy the selection to the clipboard;
4. Move the mouse to the point where you want to paste the selection and
left click it;
5. Click Edit->Paste ( or click 
) to finish the process.
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How to merge two or more
selections together?
1. Open an audio file;
2. Select a session of the file by dragging the mouse with left button
down;
3. Click Edit->Copy
( or click
) to copy the selection to the clipboard;
4. Open a second audio file;
5. Move the mouse to the point where you want to paste the selection to
and left click it;
6. Click Edit->Paste ( or click
) to paste the previous selection into the second file. Now two audio
files are in the same file, you
can then adjust them as you like.
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How to apply a special effect?
1. Open an audio file;
2. Select a session of the file by dragging the mouse with left button
down;
3. Click
Effects->Scale ( ,
or other effects);
4. Adjust the parameters, and then click the Ok button.
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Notes:
You may be able to convert your sound card to a DirectSound-compatible
full-duplex sound card by installing the latest version of the sound
driver for your sound card. Contact the manufacturer of your sound card
to inquire about how to obtain and install the latest version of the
sound driver for your sound card.
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