User manual ACOUSTICA SPIN IT AGAIN 2.0

[. . . ] Spin It Again Page 1 of 39 Welcome to Spin It Again 2. 0's help file. Spin It Again is the easiest way to convert your LPs & tapes to CDs or audio files. How To Use Spin It Again Getting Started/Overview Record An LP/Tape To CD Record An LP/Tape To Audio Files Type Or Look Up Album Information During Recording Split An MP3 Into Multiple Tracks Manually Creating Tracks Reduce Clicks And Pops From A Record Reduce Tape Noise Hiss or Hum Tips Hook Up Your Record Player or Cassette Player To Your Computer Getting A Good Recording Level Clean Your Records Before Recording Them Recording 78s at 45 rpm Online Animated Tutorials Reference Hardware Hookup Wizard Screen Recording Level Wizard Screen Choose Tape, LP or Existing File Screen Recording Screen Preview And Edit Screen Tagging/Naming Your Recordings Screen Burn A CD And Or Create Audio Files Screen Audio File Settings Screen CD Burning Settings Screen Working/Processing Screen The Voice Assistant Settings Troubleshooting Getting Started / Overview Normally, you'd have to use several programs to record, split the recording into multiple tracks, remove noise and crackles, create audio files and/or burn a CD. In addition, you'd probably end up using two or three times the hard drive space. [. . . ] Note that you should stop play back before clicking this so that it doesn't auto scroll based on the current playback position. The noise print looks like this: Cleaning & Effect Preset This is a drop down control that lets you choose an effect preset, such as click and pop reduction, noise removal or other custom settings. Choose "<Create New Effect>" to make your own meta preset. More On Cleaning And Audio Effects Built-in Effect Presets Customize button This lets you customize the currently loaded effect. The software will handle third party DirectX and VST effects if installed. More On Cleaning And Audio Effects Recording Speed Adjustment If you recorded a 78 at 45 rpm or a 16. 7 @ 33 rpm, click the drop down and select the adjustment. This will set the appropriate playback rate to correct for the speed difference. Playback Rate control Adjust the play back rate to accommodate for record players that don't play back at the correct speed. Settings Button file://C:\acoustica\vinylman\help\flat\spinitagain. htm 7/10/2007 Spin It Again Page 23 of 39 Launches the settings & preferences screen. Tagging/Naming Your Recordings Screen Enter in the artist, album, genre, year and comments for your recording. If you want to double check a track, you can click it to play it back. If you have already entered the track or album information on a previous screen, it will already be entered. You can optionally click the "Look Up Album Information. . . " button to connect to the MusicBrainz. org service and automatically look up the album information and track names!Click "<< Previous" and double check it in the Preview & Edit screen This track information will be used for: CD Text for burned CDs (If supported by your hardware) Tag and file naming. (If rendering to audio files) Sending track information to the CD/DVD Label Maker. (Optional add-on) TIP: You can use the TAB key or the arrow keys to quickly navigate from track to track. Click "Next >>" when you are done. Burn A CD And Or Create Audio Files Screen On this screen, you have the option of burning an audio CD and / or creating audio files. Burn CD & Create Audio Files Button Choose this if you want to burn a CD and create audio files. Create Audio Files Choose this if you just want to create audio files. The "Save Recording" feature lets you save the raw, original recording to work on later. The . WAV file will be the original recording without any effects or processing. file://C:\acoustica\vinylman\help\flat\spinitagain. htm 7/10/2007 Spin It Again Page 24 of 39 Print A CD Label. . . The track information will be sent to the optional Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker. TIP: The "Next Operation" is shown below the buttons and if you always burn a CD, you can simply click "Next >>" Audio File Settings Screen Choose your audio format, bit rate and other format settings. This screen shows how much space is needed and how much space in MB is available. [. . . ] If you your CD burner supports reading and writing of CD-Text, you can use the label maker to read the CD directly. If you are still running Spin It Again, make sure to enter in the correct track info on the title "Name Your Recording!" and then click "Next". Click "Print a CD Label. . . " and it will launch the Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker with your track information. If you have already made a recording and did not let the software delete the recording, you have an option of reloading it. [. . . ]