mbeat USB-TAPE02, Manual

Page 1: ...fore use and store in a safe place for future reference Product color and specification are subject to change without prior notice The manufacturer or distributor reserves the right to amend the instruction manual at anytime to reflect the latest product design changes or limitations ...

Page 2: ...Product introduction ...

Page 3: ...Quick guide for use ...

Page 4: ...on to playback the music or start to record in USB mode 4 Adjust volume up down to suit your earphone plug or adjust the volume up down during recording in USB mode 5 Press FF to fast forward the tape press RW to rewind the tape press STOP to stop playing 6 Plug USB cable into the tape recorder and connect it with PC to start the USB conversion process after your installed audacity audio editing s...

Page 5: ...sh Follow the on screen instructions to install this audio editing software program With the software installed you can record tape into digital format and store it on your PC If you using Windows 7 OS or MAC OS X you can also download the free version of the latest Audacity software to install on your computer Details please refer Audacity Software Quick Guide later Download link http audacity so...

Page 6: ...e software knowledge is required to operate software in handling more complicated functionalities Please read this chapter carefully in order to find the right Audio In and Out for your tape to digital recorder and your PC 1 Turn on the USB tape to digital recorder connect the USB cable to the device and computer no extra driver is required to drive the tape recorder 2 Your computer should detect ...

Page 7: ...olume to get your desire sound volume when you using computer speaker to play back please note that this setting will not effect the final recording track volume level only effect the computer speaker volume just works like your Windows OS volume and microphone controller panel 6 Very Important is to Select the Edit menu on the top bar of the software and then select Preference in the drop down me...

Page 8: ...ect USB PnP Audio which indicated the audio source from the tape recorder when it is plugged into the computer Your system may show the name like Generic USB Audio device or USB PnP Device it does not matter Important is to find the proper recording source that is match with this USB tape to digital recorder Please also tick Software play through Play new track while you are recording this functio...

Page 9: ...lect the RECORD button to start recording your tape music into digital format 8 You can turn the USB tape to digital recorder volume down and turn on the computer speaker to monitor your records 7 Select the PAUSE button to pause the recording ...

Page 10: ...d file to other formats including WAV MP3 Ogg Vorbis Once the tape reaches its end the tape recorder will stop to work and you can turn around another side or change a new tape to keep recording as you like Please note if you try to convert the file into MP3 format you need to install LAME encoder software and you install it at the first time you using then it will work in the future ...

Page 11: ...ave the file anywhere on your computer Do not right click the link to the exe file z Double click Lame_v3 98 2_for_Audacity_on_Windows exe to launch it you can safely ignore any warnings that the publisher could not be verified z Follow the Setup instructions to install LAME for Audacity Do not change the offered destination location of C Program Files Lame for Audacity z The first time you use th...

Page 12: ...ay not able to fully support all type of converted music file such as FLAC OGG due to the original hardware limitation however most of digital music player can support MP3 or WMA files Trouble shooting and FQA 1 Device is not power on z Check your batteries get enough power z Check whether the power LED indicator is light on z Check whether your USB cable connection is intermittent or your USB cab...

Page 13: ...d to set up the proper in out source under Preference z Or you can refer the following Audacity Software Quick Guide under topic Software configuration 5 Can not convert music into MP3 file and Save it z You need to install LAME MP3 encoder into your computer first time to make the audacity save the music into MP3 format please refer How do I download and install the LAME MP3 encoder 6 How can I p...

Page 14: ... software to start recording Software Configuration 1 Select the Edit menu and then Preferences Select the USB audio device under the Recording selection as shown Select Software Play through to hear the audio while recording Note The USB tape to digital recorder may show up with a different name in Windows operation system This may depend on your computer model and operating system Please select ...

Page 15: ...music name the file and save as the audacity software can not save MP3 directly please install the lame_enc dll that can be found on the installation disc all other formats will save automatically Toolbars Selection tool for selecting the range of audio you want to edit or Listen to Envelope tool for changing the volume over time Draw tool for modifying individual samples Zoom tool for zooming in ...

Page 16: ...u keep playing the selection over and over again Record starts recording audio at the project sample rate the sample rate in the lower left corner of the window The new track will begin at the current cursor position so the Skip to Start button first if you want to the track to begin at time 0 Pause temporarily stops playback or recording until you press pause again Stop stops recording or playing...

Page 17: ...opy Paste Trim away the audio outside the selection Silence the selected audio Undo Redo repeat last command Zoom In Zoom Out Fit selection in window zooms until the selection just fits inside the window Fit project in window zooms until all of the audio just fits inside the window Track Pop Down Menu The Track Pop Down Menu appears when you click in a track s title This lets you access a few spec...

Page 18: ...ting the right speaker When tracks are joined into a stereo pair all edits automatically apply to both the left and right channel Split Stereo Track if the selected track is a stereo track a pair of left and right tracks joined together as a single track this operation splits them into two separate tracks that you can modify and edit independently Set Sample Format this determines the quality of t...

Page 19: ...g the File Format Preferences Note that exporting will automatically mix and re sample if you have more than one track or varying sample rates See also File Formats Export Selection As WAV same as above but only exports the current selection Export as MP3 exports all of the audio as an MP3 file MP3 files are compressed and therefore take up much less disk space but they lose some audio quality Ano...

Page 20: ...that were undone Cut Removes the selected audio data and places it on the clipboard Only one thing can be on the clipboard at a time but it may contain multiple tracks Copy Copies the selected audio data to the clipboard without removing it from the project Paste Inserts whatever is on the clipboard at the position of the selection or cursor in the project replacing whatever audio data is currentl...

Page 21: ...nable Snap To mode When Snap To mode is enabled the selection will be constrained to the nearest interval on the time scale by default the nearest second So if you click and drag from 4 2 seconds to 9 8 seconds it will result in a selection from 4 seconds to 10 seconds exactly You can change the units that are snapped to using the Set Selection Format option in the View Menu Snap To Snap Off Turns...

Page 22: ...s to Dock Edit Toolbar which you can use to put the toolbar back into the main window Float Edit Toolbar moves the Edit Toolbar out of the window and into its own floating window so you can position it wherever you want The menu item changes to Dock Edit Toolbar which you can use to put toolbar back into the main window Float Meter Toolbar does the same thing for audacity s VU meters which you use...

Page 23: ... Track This command is rarely needed since importing recording and mixing automatically create new tracks as needed But you can use this to cut or copy data from an existing track and paste it into a blank track that track was at a non default rate then you may need to use Set Rate from the Track Pop Down menu to set the correct sample rate New Stereo Track same as above but creates a stereo track...

Page 24: ...nserts random audio samples which sounds like purestatic Any items which appear after these three built ins It is possible for a poorly written plug in to crash Audacity so always save your work before using a plug in Note that any effect that doesn t take any audio as input will automatically be placed in the Generate menu Effect Menu The items in this menu only work when you have audio selected ...

Page 25: ...enerate Menu Equalization Boost or reduce arbitrary frequencies You can select one of a number of different curves designed to equalize the sound of some popular record manufacturers or draw your own curve Fade In fades the selection in linearly Fade Out fades the selection out linearly FFT Filter similar to Equalization lets you enhance or reduce arbitrary frequencies The curve here uses a linear...

Page 26: ...o crash Audacity so always save your work before using a plug in effect Analyze Menu Plot Spectrum To use this feature first select a region of audio from a single track and then select Plot Spectrum It opens up a window that displays the Power Spectrum of the audio over that region calculated using the Fast Fourier Transform The graph represents how much energy is in each frequency As you move th...

Page 27: ...been removed or altered on the product Warranty is valid only in the country of purchase If you live outside of Australia please contact your reseller for warranty service Mbeat Australia will not process any warranty returns or repairs if the product is taken outside of Australia This Warranty does not cover A Cosmetic damage or damage due to acts of God B Accident misuse abuse negligence or modi...