Super MP3/WMA/WAV Recorder Recording Tutorial

Case 1: Recording from Microphone

Most sound cards provide the ability to receive sound input from microphone, headphone and speaker ports. This is useful for recording voice or sounds to your computer.

1. Connect your microphone's cable to your sound card's Mic In port at the back. If you are not sure which port is correct, you can check the sound card to see if it is marked (sometimes with a picture of a microphone), you can use a process of elimination, check the documentation that came with your hardware, or contact the hardware manufacturer.

2. Launch Super Mp3 Recorder V3.0 (standard version) or Super Mp3 Recorder Professional (professional version). Click Browse button to select or create a destination sound file (.Mp3 or .Wav). You can also use the default file shown below the Browse button. Your recording is automatically saved as this file.

3. Click Record Volume Control button to call up its dialog to set recording devices. Select Microphone and make sure the volume slider is at least half way right. You might see other devices, such as CD-Player or Synthesizer (MIDI), etc in the recording panel, uncheck all non-essential devices, this cuts down background noise.

4. Click Record button and speak into the microphone, you should see a wave pattern display of the audio in recording which indicates its volume. To adjust the volume for the highest possible performance, just move the Microphone's volume slider to and fro.

You can pause the process of recording by clicking the Pause button any time you want and then resume it by clicking the Resume button. When recording is complete, click Stop button. The recording is the destination sound file you selected.

Note: If your microphone has never worked, or it stopped working, first check the physical connection of the microphone. Verify that it is firmly plugged into the microphone port instead of the headphone or speaker port.

5. For standard version user, to listen to your recording, click Play button for playback;

6. For professional version user, you can click Play&Edit button to call up Sound Editor dialog where you can play back and edit audio files as you desire by cutting, copying, pasting, trimming segments and employing various DSP effects. The editing result can be saved as .Mp3, .Wav, .Wma, .Ogg, .Vqf files.

Case 2: Recording from Videotape

1. Connect left and right Audio-out terminals on your VCR to the Line-in port on your sound card.

2. Launch Super Mp3 Recorder V3.0 (standard version) or Super Mp3 Recorder Professional (professional version). Click Browse button to select or create a destination sound file (.Mp3 or .Wav).

3. Click Record Volume Control button to call up its dialog to set recording devices. Select the Line-in and make sure the volume slider is at least half way right. You might see other devices, such as CD-Player or Synthesizer (MIDI), etc in the recording panel, uncheck all non-essential devices, this cuts down background noise.

4. Test to adjust the volume of recording. Start the playback of the VCR and click the Record button in standard version or professional version. You should see a wave pattern display of the audio as it is playing. To adjust the volume, move the Line-in's volume slider. If the recording is satisfactory, click Stop button to finish testing.

Note: Depending on your sound card and the volume of source audios, you might not get enough volume using the Line-in input, then try the Microphone input, as the volume sensitivity through the Microphone input is generally greater than through the Line-in input. To use Microphone input, see Recording from Microphone.

5. OK, let's rewind the tape and start the playback from the point you want to record. Hit the Record button and stand by. You can pause the process of recording by clicking the Pause button any time you want and then resume it by clicking the Resume button. When you're done recording, click Stop button, and the destination sound file is there.

6. For standard version user, to listen to your recording, click Play button for playback;

7. For professional version user, you can click Play&Edit button to call up Sound Editor dialog where you can play back and edit audio files as you desire by cutting, copying, pasting, trimming segments and employing various DSP effects. The editing result can be saved as .Mp3, .Wav, .Wma, .Ogg, .Vqf files.

Case 3: Recording from WinAmp or Streaming audio from Internet

1. Launch Super Mp3 Recorder V3.0 (standard version) or Super Mp3 Recorder Professional (professional version). Click Browse button to select or create a destination sound file (.Mp3 or .Wav).

2. Click Record Volume Control button to call up its dialog to set recording devices. Select the Stereo Mix and adjust the recording volume for the highest possible performance. You might see other devices, such as CD-Player or Microphone in the recording panel, uncheck all non-essential devices, this cuts down background noise.

3. Now start the playback of WinAmp or streaming audio from Internet and click the Record button in standard version or professional version. Adjust the volume setting by observing a wave pattern display of the audio as it is playing. You can pause the process of recording by clicking the Pause button any time you want and then resume it by clicking the Resume button. When you want to stop recording, just click Stop button, and the destination sound file is there.

4. For standard version user, to listen to your recording, click Play button for playback;

5. For professional version user, you can click Play&Edit button to call up Sound Editor dialog where you can play back and edit audio files as you desire by cutting, copying, pasting, trimming segments and employing various DSP effects. The editing result can be saved as .Mp3, .Wav, .Wma, .Ogg, .Vqf files.

Case 4: Sound Card Mixer Tutorial for Windows

If you do not have a speaker icon in your taskbar tray, check Start button->Settings->Control Panel->Multimedia->Audio->Show volume control on the taskbar.

Double-clicking the taskbar speaker icon causes the Play Control window to appear.

You can control which sound card speaker-input controls appear in the Play Control window. In Play Control menu Options->Properties, check the controls you wish to appear, and click OK. Hint: We keep nearly every control checked.

For each speaker-input shown, you will see a Volume slider and Mute checkbox, and perhaps other controls for balance, etc. The Volume slider controls loudness for that particular speaker input, and Mute can turn it off completely.

Control Recording
Always remember that the Play Control window only deals with speaker output, and does not control recording! It is a natural mistake to go into Play Control and uncheck the Microphone Mute control and turn up the Microphone Volume, and then wonder why Super Mp3/Wma Recorder is not recording from the Microphone. It doesn't work that way!

Bring up the Play Control window as above. In menu Options->Properties,

check Recording and check all the controls, and click OK.The Play Control window is replaced by Record Control.

For each recording-input, you will notice a Select checkbox and Volume slider. If you want to record from Microphone, check the Microphone Select checkbox. If you want to record from Line-In, check the Line-In Select checkbox. If the recording volume is too low, turn up the appropriate Volume slider.

Sometimes you may wish to record streaming audio. Many modern sound cards present a recording input called Wave (Stereo mixer) that may work. Several sound cards also offer a recording input called "What U Hear" or a similar name,that records anything that can be heard over the computer speakers.


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