Recording
with AudioEdit Deluxe
Tip
- You might
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.
Recording
from a Microphone
Most sound cards can receive sound input from a microphone
through the sound card microphone port. This is useful for recording voice or
sounds directly to your computer.
- 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.
Tip
- If you are not sure
which port is correct, you can check the sound card to see if it is marked. Sometimes
the sound card has a picture of a microphone. Otherwise, you can use a process
of elimination, check the documentation that came with your hardware, or contact
the hardware manufacturer.
- Open AudioEdit Deluxe.
- On
the right side of the Audio Edit Deluxe display area, below the Record list, click
Mic, or Microphone, in the Volume dropdown list.
Tip
-
You can set options for AudioEdit Deluxe when you click the Setup button on the
main toolbar.
- Adjust the recording volume for the highest possible
performance. To do this, adjust the slider bars beneath the Volume dropdown list.
- Click
the 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 going to your microphone. If the
wave moves, click the Stop button, and then click the Play button to listen to
your recording.
- Click File > Save or Save As. This saves the audio
data from the microphone as a WAV, MP3, or WMA file.
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Recording from Videotape
You
can extract the audio from a videotape and then convert it to MP3 or WAV files.
- Connect
the left and right audio-out terminals on the VCR to the line-in or microphone
terminal on the sound card.
- Open AudioEdit Deluxe.
- On the right
side of the AudioEdit Deluxe display area, below the Record list, click Line-in
or Mic in the Volume dropdown list.
- Adjust the recording volume for the
highest possible performance. To do this, adjust the slider bars beneath the Volume
dropdown list.
Tip
- You can set options for AudioEdit
Deluxe when you click the Setup button on the main toolbar.
- Click
Play on the VCR.
- Click the Record button. You should see a wave pattern
display of the audio as it is playing.
Caution
- If
the settings are too low, you see only very small variations in the wave pattern
in the display area of the AudioEdit Deluxe window.
- If the sound is clipped
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.
- 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.
- If
you are satisfied with the recording effect, then stop the recording test by clicking
Stop button.
- Rewind the tape and start the playback from the point you
want to record.
- In AudioEdit Deluxe, click the Record button and stand
by.
- When you want to stop recording, click the Stop button.
- Click
File > Save or Save As. This saves the videotape data as an MP3 or WAV file.
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Recording
from an Application or Streaming Audio from the Internet
- Open AudioEdit
Deluxe.
- On the right side of the AudioEdit Deluxe display area, below
the Record list, click device the Wave device in the Volume dropdown list.
- Adjust
the recording volume for the highest possible performance. To do this, adjust
the slider bars beneath the Volume dropdown list.
Tip
-
You can set options for AudioEdit Deluxe when you click the Setup button on the
main toolbar.
- Start the playback of the WinAmp or the streaming
audio from the Internet.
- In AudioEdit Deluxe window, click the Record
button.
- Adjust the volume setting while observing a wave pattern display
of the audio as it plays.
Tip
- You can pause the recording
by clicking the Stop button at any time. Start again by clicking the Record button.
- To
stop recording, click the Stop button.
- Click File > Save or Save As.
This saves the sound file to MP3, WMA, or WAV formats.
- Now start the
playback of the WinAmp or the streaming audio from Internet and click the Record
button in the Audio Editor. Adjust the volume setting while observing
a wave pattern display of the audio as it is plays.
- To stop recording,
click the Stop button.
- Click File > Save or Save As. This saves the
audio data.
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Using a Sound Card Mixer for Windows
If you cannot
locate your sound card as an input device in AudioEdit Deluxe, you can use the
Windows Volume Control instead.
- In the Taskbar tray, in the lower right
corner of the computer screen, double-click the speaker icon. The Volume Control
dialog box appears.
Tips
- If you do not have a speaker
icon in your taskbar tray, you can display the Recording Control directly.
- To
display it in Windows 98 or ME, click Start > Settings > Control Panel.
You can then click Sounds and Multimedia. On the Audio tab of the Sounds and Multimedia
dialog box, click the Volume button in the Sound Playback group.
- In Windows
XP, click Start > Control Panel. Click the Sounds and Audio icon. On the Audio
tab of the Sounds and Audio Devices Properties dialog box, click Volume.
- You
can control which sound card speaker-input controls appear in the Volume Control
window. In the Volume Control window, click Options > Properties.
- Select
the controls that you want to appear.
- For each speaker-input shown, you
can see a Volume slider and Mute checkbox, and perhaps other controls for balance,
and so forth. The Volume slider controls the loudness for that particular speaker
input and Mute turns it off completely.
Important
- The
Volume Control dialog box only sets options for speaker output and does not control
recording. Do not clear the checkbox for the Microphone Mute control and turn
up the microphone volume. If you do this, the Audio Editor cannot
record from the microphone.
- Click Options > Properties again.
- Select Recording and select all the controls. The Volume Control dialog
box is replaced by Record Control.
- For each recording input, you can
click a Select checkbox and adjust Volume slider. Do one of the following:
- If
you want to record from the microphone, check the Microphone Select checkbox.
- If you want to record from Line-In, select the Line-In Select checkbox.
- If the recording volume is too low, turn up the appropriate
Volume slider.
Tip
- Sometimes you might wish to record
streaming audio. Many modern sound cards present a recording input called Wave
(Stereo mixer) that may work. Several sound cards also offer a recording input
called What U Hear or a similar name, that records anything that can be heard
over the computer speakers.
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