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* Configure USB recording
* Configure USB recording
** '''Start Menu''' > '''Control Panel''' > '''Hardware and Sound''' > '''Sound'''  
** '''Start Menu''' > '''Control Panel''' > '''Hardware and Sound''' > '''Sound'''  
*** '''Recording''' tab<br />[[file:Usb-recording-01.png]]
*** '''Recording''' tab<br />[[file:Usb-recording-01.png]
*** '''Advanced''' tab:
*** Click the '''Properties''' button
**** Select Microphone: USB Audio CODEC
**** '''Advanced''' tab:
**** With USB Audio CODEC selected, click Properties
***** Select Microphone: USB Audio CODEC
**** Default format: 2 channel, 16 bit, 44100 Hz
***** With USB Audio CODEC selected, click Properties
*** '''Levels''' tab:
***** Default format: 2 channel, 16 bit, 44100 Hz
**** Tweak levels until the audio isn’t peaking
**** '''Levels''' tab:
*** '''Listen''' tab:
***** Tweak levels until the audio isn’t peaking
**** Listen to this device: checked
**** '''Listen''' tab:
**** Playback through this device: Default playback device
***** Listen to this device: checked
***** Playback through this device: Default playback device
** '''Start Menu''' > '''Control Panel''' > '''Hardware and Sound''' > '''Sound''' > '''Playback''' tab
** '''Start Menu''' > '''Control Panel''' > '''Hardware and Sound''' > '''Sound''' > '''Playback''' tab
*** Set “Speakers: High Definition Audio Device” as the default.
*** Set “Speakers: High Definition Audio Device” as the default.

Revision as of 04:34, 26 August 2014

  • Connect the turntable to the computer using a USB cable.
  • Configure USB recording
    • Start Menu > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound
      • Recording tab
        [[file:Usb-recording-01.png]
      • Click the Properties button
        • Advanced tab:
          • Select Microphone: USB Audio CODEC
          • With USB Audio CODEC selected, click Properties
          • Default format: 2 channel, 16 bit, 44100 Hz
        • Levels tab:
          • Tweak levels until the audio isn’t peaking
        • Listen tab:
          • Listen to this device: checked
          • Playback through this device: Default playback device
    • Start Menu > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound > Playback tab
      • Set “Speakers: High Definition Audio Device” as the default.
  • Open Sound Forge.
    • Options > Preferences > Audio tab
      • Audio device type: Windows Classic Wave Driver
      • If there’s an option, make sure the USB microphone is used as the recording device.
    • When recording through USB it’s not possible to monitor the sound being recorded through the computer.
    • To monitor the audio while recording, connect the stereo RCA to a second device and monitor through that.