Basic Operations: Recording and Saving Sound

MySoundStudio allows you to record sound from various sound devices such as tape deck and microphone (the record source you can record vary by the sound card installed on your computer).

Preparing for recording

Before recording sound, make sure that the recording devices such as tape deck or microphone is properly connected to your computer and also make sure that you can hear the sound from the recording device through the speakers or headphone connected to your computer.


If you have trouble with setting these, see Trouble Shooting in this online Help.

Next, choose File - New to open a new multi-track window.

Adjusting Record Level

For better recording quality, record level should be set to the correct input level. As a rule of thumb, set as high level as possible to the extent that sound is not distorted (setting the record level too low may bury the sound under noise).

  1. Open the Mixer Control window, and check the Monitor checkbox.
    Playback the sound from the sound source connected to your sound card to make sure that the Record Level Monitor responds to the sound.

  2. If you see the level meter past the maximum point or waves very little, adjust the Record Level Control slider to acceptable level.

Recording Sound

To start recording, use the Record button on the Controller window.

  1. Click Record button Record button to put MySoundStudio into the stand-by mode.



  2. Next, click Play buttonPlay button on the Controller. MySoundStudio is released from the stand-by mode and starts recording sound from the point where the cursor is currently flashing.



  3. Click Stop buttonStop button on the Controller window to stop recording.
    Notice that the recorded range of the sound is displayed as a selection on the Waveform display area.
Playing back the recorded sound

Now listen to the sound you have just recorded.

With the recorded range of waveform still selected, click The Playback button Play on the Controller window.
MySoundStudio plays the waveform data you just recorded.

If you are not satisfied with the recording result, you can overwrite the result by recording again with that range of waveform still selected.

Saving Sound Files

Now let's save the waveform data you have recorded.

  1. Choose File - Save As, or click the Save button on the toolbar.
    The Save As dialog box appears.

  2. Type the name for the file and set Save As Type to MySoundStudio Format(*.dgs).

  3. Click OK.

The waveform data you just recorded is now saved for later use.