User manual TERRATEC VINYL TO CD

[. . . ] Please be sure to also install the special TerraTec RIAA plug-in. This ensures that the phono recording can then be directly filtered in WaveLab. This plug-in can be easily installed using the Autostarter from the sound-card CD (<CD>:\autorun. exe). [. . . ] The two sliders in the Phono /Mic In channel only regulate the current playback volume of the signal to be recorded and have no influence on the recording level. 4 From record to CD in 5 steps 3. Recording: Selecting the correct sound card in WaveLab Lite 2. 0 After you have prepared your sound card for recording and playback in the Options / Preferences / Audio Card menu, the software is now ready. Now change to the recording window with a mouse click on the record icon in the "Transport" tool bar. A further recording level indicator for the signal to be recorded will be displayed in the open recording window. The recording format can be set through "Attributes". Select Stereo, 24Bit and 88. 2kHz for the best possible recording quality. Even when the data must then be converted to the 16 Bit and 44. 1 kHz format common for CDs, a recording with higher resolution makes sense because it allows the post-editing functions of WaveLab to produce better results. Now start recording with the "Record" button and in the following window set the desired audio format. Recording begins after you press the appropriate button. You should now lower the needle onto the record. When the first side of the record has played to the end stop recording with the "Stop" button. Just to be on the safe side the recording should be saved for further processing, for example, under Interpret X Side A. Repeat the recording procedure for the second side and save it as well. From record to CD in 5 steps 5 4. Post-editing: The file to be processed will be displayed as a wave form following opening or recording. Now open the "Master Section" window (View \ Windows \ Master Section). Here you can load various post-editing functions (plug-ins). In the first selection field you must activate the RIAA filtering ­> TT_RIAA. When desired you can now load additional plug-ins in further selection fields. That way you can use the EQ (equalizer) and the StereoExpander to "freshen up" or adjust the recording according to your taste. [. . . ] Prior to this the complete re- 6 From record to CD in 5 steps cording must be selected through Edit \ Select \ Select all , whereby the background will now be displayed in black. To cut the individual music tracks select the first track by moving the cursor with pressed left mouse button roughly within the wave form representation. You can use the zoom function of WaveLab (for example, the two X/Y sliders on the lower and right screen margins) to enlarge the start and end points for better viewing. The thus selected track can be cut out and then saved as track 1 from record side A, for example, with the function Edit \ Copy to new window \ As is. Next select the following track and proceed as previously described. Naturally the tracks can also be cut prior to editing with Sound Laundry TerraTec Edition. [. . . ]