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EZ Vinyl & Tape Converter 

 
 
 
 

Quickstart Guide 

 

Summary of Contents for EZ Vinyl & Tape

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Page 2: ...al We hope that you enjoy using this app as much as we enjoyed designing it for you The ION Team iPad iPhone iPod touch and iTunes are trademarks of Apple Inc registered in the U S and other countries IOS is a registered trademark of Cisco in the U S and other countries and is used under license Download the App IMPORTANT We recommend always using the most current iOS on your device This app works...

Page 3: ...iate button for the kind of device you are using TURNTABLE or TAPE PLAYER Turntables Make sure the signal from your turntable is line level not phono level Tape players Tap NORMAL or CHROME to select the kind of tape you are using Normal tapes are the most common including store bought tapes and home recording tapes For other line level devices CD players MP3 players etc tap TURNTABLE IMPORTANT Al...

Page 4: ...the meter If the meter peaks frequently in the red area reduce your volume If the meter never reaches the yellow area increase your volume Adjust the volume of your recording If your sound source is a device with its own gain knob or volume knob adjust it so it is about 50 80 of the way to its highest setting or higher if needed Adjust the volume slider in the app next to the volume level meter X ...

Page 5: ...ces within a track the app may have trouble detecting the difference between sound and silence Monitor incoming audio through headphones Set this switch to ON if you want to hear your music as it s recording into the app To do this you will need to connect headphones to your iOS device If you do not need to hear your music as it s recording set this switch to OFF Note Don t use headphones with a b...

Page 6: ...ording tap DONE When asked if you want to record more music tap YES or NO or tap LISTEN to listen to your music in the app s built in music player Step 5 Enter the information tags for your tracks by tapping the fields next to Song Name Artist and Album and using the virtual keyboard to enter the names of each If you recorded multiple tracks tap PREV SONG or NEXT SONG to move through the list of t...

Page 7: ...ighted the entire list of songs will repeat When there is a 1 over the icon only the currently playing song will repeat Tap this shuffle icon to activate deactivate Shuffle which will play songs from the list in a random order There are a few ways to delete tracks from the app You can tap the trash can icon Red minus symbols will then appear next to each track Tap the minus symbol next to any trac...

Page 8: ...twork open your web browser and go to that web address 4 The page that appears contains a list of your recorded tracks each as a link Download each track by right clicking it Windows or holding Ctrl and clicking it Mac and selecting Save Link As 5 When you have downloaded all the files you want click and drag them from wherever you saved them into your media player e g iTunes Windows Media Player ...

Page 9: ...in the app will appear in the Documents list on the right 7 Select the tracks you want to move to your computer Click and drag your tracks from the Documents list onto your computer s Desktop another folder etc Alternatively you can click Save to and select a location to save them Note After downloading your files we recommend deleting any files you no longer need from the app to make space on you...

Page 10: ... Headphone monitoring has not been enabled In Step 3 set the Monitor incoming audio through headphones switch to ON and connect headphones to your iOS device Don t use headphones with a built in microphone like headphones used for phone conversations or the headphones typically included with an iOS device or other Apple products Doing so will prevent your iOS device from recording your intended so...

Page 11: ...ure the best possible sound quality we recommend using ION s Vinyl Alive cleaning kit to clean your records before recording Visit www ionaudio com vinylalive to purchase it Turntables Stylus may be worn If your stylus is over a year old or has been used extensively it may be broken or worn Contact the ION Audio parts department to purchase another stylus Tape players Tape heads may be dirty or ma...

Page 12: ... as your playback device Windows XP Click Start Menu f Control Panel or Settings f Control Panel in Classic View f Sound and Audio Devices Click the Audio tab and under Sound playback select your computer s soundcard as the default device Windows Vista Click Start Menu f Control Panel or Settings f Control Panel in Classic View f Hardware and Sound f Sound Click the Playback tab and select your co...

Page 13: ...ngs View the available space on your iOS device by opening the Settings app selecting General on the left side of the screen and viewing the number next to Available on the right side of the screen If the amount of space is less than 1 GB delete some files or apps from your device and try again We recommend backing up your files and apps first ...

Page 14: ...iOS device to your computer click the Apps tab in iTunes scroll down to the File Sharing section and click the app name in the Apps list The tracks will appear in the Documents list on the right Can I listen to the music while it s recording Yes In Step 3 set the Monitor incoming audio through headphones switch to ON and connect headphones to your iOS device Just don t use headphones with a built ...

Page 15: ...s We strongly recommend having at least 1 GB preferably more of free storage space available on your iOS device To view the available space on your iOS device follow these steps 1 Open the Settings app 2 On the left side of the screen that opens select General 3 On the right side of the screen the storage space on your iOS device will be next to Available ...

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