Recording Vinyl With SoundForge

• Connect the turntable to the computer using a USB cable.
• Configure USB recording
  • Start Menu > Control Panel > Hardware and Sound > Sound
    • Recording tab
    • 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.