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Zennox D3941 User Manual

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  • Page 1 Tape To Digital Converter User Guide D3941...
  • Page 2 For correct usage, read this user guide carefully and keep in a safe place for future reference. Introduction Rediscover those old songs with Tape To Digital by turning your tapes into MP3’s to use on your computer, iPod or in the car! Tape To Digital is a portable, handheld USB tape player that works with all kinds of tapes.
  • Page 3 Usb cable Description of parts Eject: Slide this switch to open the cassette holder. Volume: Adjusts the volume of the headphones and USB connection Headphones: You can connect 1/8" headphones here. USB Connection: Use the included USB cable to connect Tape to digital to your computer. For transferring your recordings to your computer, we have provided a software package on the included CD.
  • Page 4 Insert the CD that came with your converter into your computer’s CD drive. A window will pop up automatically. Click on the [INSTALL] icon next to “Audacity”. CONFIGURING MICROSOFT WINDOWS VISTA TO WORK WITH THE USB CONVERTER 1. Close all programs that open your computer.
  • Page 5 8. Now select the Playback tab at the top of the Sound control panel. 9. Under the Playback tab, choose the device that you would like your computer’s audio to come out of. Your computer’s audio outputs may appear as: Speakers-High Definition Audio Device or Headphones-High...
  • Page 6 CONFIGURING MICROSOFT WINDOWS XP TO WORK WITH THE USB CONVERTER Close all programs that are open on your computer. On the bottom left of your screen, select the Start menu. Select Settings then Control Panel In the window that opens, find and double-click the Sounds and Audio Devices control panel.
  • Page 7 8. Select the Audio tab at the top of the Sounds and Audio Devices control panel. 9. Under Sound Playback, choose your internal sound card as the default device. This varies by computer but should not be set to “SSS USB Audio Device, Modem, or Microsoft Sound Mapper.”...

  • Page 8: Audacity Configuration On Pc

    AUDACITY CONFIGURATION ON PC Launch Audacity: Click on the Start menu on the bottom left of your screen. Select All Programs, then Audacity. In Audacity, click on the Edit menu at the top of the screen. Select Preferences from the Edit menu. Figure 1: Select Preferences The Audacity Preferences window will come up (Figure 2).

  • Page 9: Configuring Audacity For Mac Os 10.4 And Above

    Figure 2: Select USB Audio Device from Preferences 8. Under the Quality tab, set the Default Sample Format to 16bit. Select OK to save your settings and close the Preferences window. 10. At the top of the main Audacity window, to the right of the play control buttons, you will see the input and output level meters (labeled L and R).
  • Page 10 Under the Quality Tab, set the Default Sample Format to 16-bit Select OK to save your settings and close the Preferences window. At the top of the main Audacity window, to the right of the play control buttons, you will see the input and output level meters (labeled L and R).
  • Page 11 These settings will be saved when you exit. However, you will need to select Monitor Input from the input meter’s drop-down menu each time you launch Audacity. Other Important Macintosh Settings: We have set up Audacity’s separate playback and record preferences, but your Mac also has its own audio playback and record settings.
  • Page 12 SSS USB Audio Device In the Audio MIDI Setup under Audio Devices, set: The Default Input to , The Default Output to Built-in Audio or Built-in Output The System Output to Built-in Audio or Built-in Output. Now, programs other than Audacity will only use your internal sound card for audio output.

  • Page 13: Adjusting Your Audio Level (Optional)

    Figure 3: Recording Sample ADJUSTING YOUR AUDIO LEVEL (OPTIONAL) 1. Select your entire recording by selecting Edit, then Select… then click all. You can also use Ctrl+A on a PC or APPLE+A on a Macintosh to quickly select all. Figure 4: Select All 2.

  • Page 14: Cleaning Your Audio (Optional)

    Figure 5: Effect Drop Down List CLEANING YOUR AUDIO (OPTIONAL) 1. Drag the cursor over a portion of the audio track which contains noise. We recommend using the beginning or the end of a track where there is no music and only vinyl noise. (See Figure 7) 2.
  • Page 15 Figure 7: Selecting Noise in Track Figure 8: Noise Removal Window Additional Editing Notes:  Similar to word processing, you may delete unwanted audio by dragging over the section, which will highlight, then pressing Delete. This may include excessive hiss, silence before/after songs, or skips/scratches. ...

  • Page 16: Dividing Your Album Into Tracks

    DIVIDING YOUR ALBUM INTO TRACKS Note: must finish cleaning and editing, including removing unwanted silence before/after songs, before dividing your album into tracks. Select the Fit Project in Window tool as shown in Figure 10. After zooming out to see all of the tracks, you can see the separation between tracks by the gaps as shown with 1,2,3 below (Figure 11).
  • Page 17 Figure 12: Silence Finder 4. Your recording will then be analyzed, and a Label Track will appear underneath your recording. It will contain markers representing the beginning of each new song. (Figure 13). When you export your recording (see: Exporting Your Tracks To Separate Files), these markers will be used to create separate audio files for each song on your album.
  • Page 18 Note: the label is placed at the START of the track. For example, in 15, TRACK 1 is labeled at the beginning of audio recording. Track 2 is the label between the first and third track. You can also edit track names after they have been exported from Audacity.

  • Page 19: Listening And Exporting To Wav/Mp3

    into separate files. 2. Select the File menu and then select Export Multiple… as shown in Figure 16. The Export multiple window will come up (see Figure 17). Select WAV as the export and choose the Export forma location. Select the Export Location. This is where you will save your files.
  • Page 20 Note: It is advised that you save the downloaded .zip file to your desktop temporarily. You must then extract and save the LAME MP3 Encoder plug-in onto your computer in a location where you WILL NOT DELETE IT. Saving these individual plug-in files to your desktop is NOT recommended!!! Windows users: Create a new folder in [My Documents] called Lame MP3 Plugin.
  • Page 21 Once you click export as WAV you will be asked to save the file, choose the location as ‘Desktop’ (fig 1) and give the file a name (fig 2), then click ‘save’.
  • Page 22 After clicking save, the file will appear on your Desktop (fig 3). Next, open Windows Media Player by clicking your ‘Start’ button then ‘All Programs’ and then clicking on ‘Windows Media Player’.
  • Page 23 Once Windows Media Player is open you will need to add your music file to a playlist before you can burn a CD. Click on the ‘Library’ tab at the top of the Media Player and then drag the WMV file from your desktop to the blank section of the Media Player (fig 4).
  • Page 24 Once the track is added to the playlist you can then either burn it to a CD or add more tracks to the playlist and burn them all together (dependant on size of tracks they may not all fit onto 1 CD). To burn, click on the ‘Burn’...
  • Page 25 The above steps are using Windows XP and Windows Media Player 11. If you have a different operating system or version of Windows Media Player the screens you see may differ slightly but the steps should remain the same. If you need instructions for use on a Mac or further assistance with other aspects of the program you can visit the Audacity help page at: www.audacity.sourceforge.net TROUBLESHOOTING...
  • Page 26 Power Cycle: Close Audacity, turn off the converter and unplug the USB Cable. Then plug in the USB Cable, turn on the converter, and reopen Audacity. If you are not seeing the microphone slider, please go to the Preferences menu in Audacity, click on the Interface tab and make sure that the Enable Mixer Toolbar and Enable Meter Toolbar options are checked.
  • Page 27 GUARANTEE IMPORTANT Please do not return this product without first calling the Customer Service number below: 0871 911 7003 Thank you for purchasing this product, which has been made to demanding high quality standards and is guaranteed for domestic use against manufacturing faults for a period of 12 months from the date of purchase. This guarantee does not affect your statutory rights.

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