Acoustica Spin it Again User Manual

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Welcome to Spin It Again 2.0's help file. Spin It Again is the easiest way to convert your LPs & tapes to CDs or audio files.
Getting Started / Overview Purchase Spin It Again!
How To Use Spin It Again
Getting Started/Overview Record An LP/Tape To CD Record An LP/Tape To Audio Files Type Or Look Up Album Information During Recording Split An MP3 Into Multiple Tracks Manually Creating Tracks Reduce Clicks And Pops From A Record Reduce Tape Noise Hiss or Hum
Tips
Hook Up Your Record Player or Cassette Player To Your Computer Getting A Good Recording Level Clean Your Records Before Recording Them Recording 78s at 45 rpm
Online Animated Tutorials
Reference
Hardware Hookup Wizard Screen Recording Level Wizard Screen Choose Tape, LP or Existing File Screen Recording Screen Preview And Edit Screen Tagging/Naming Your Recordings Screen Burn A CD And Or Create Audio Files Screen Audio File Settings Screen CD Burning Settings Screen Working/Processing Screen The Voice Assistant Settings Troubleshooting
Getting Started / Overview
Normally, you'd have to use several programs to record, split the recording into multiple tracks, remove noise and crackles, create audio files and/or burn a CD. In addition, you'd probably end up using two or three times the hard drive space. Spin It Again streamlines this very specific task of archiving your LPs and cassettes so that you do less work and can spend more time enjoying your music.
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Spin It Again helps you:
z Hookup your record player or cassette player to your computer z Set the optimal recording level so you don't record too low or with distortion z Make a recording z Automatically split up the recording into multiple tracks z Reduce tape noise or LP clicks and pops z Tag or name each track, including artist and album information z Create audio files for use on your computer or portable MP3 player z Burn audio CDs
How To Record An LP or Tape To CD Record An LP/Tape To Audio Files Split An MP3 Into Tracks Manually Creating Tracks Reduce Clicks And Pops From A Record Reduce Tape Noise Hiss or Hum
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Purchase Spin It Again!
Spin It Again comes with three free recordings, which means that you can process and
convert three recordings to CD and/or audio files. If you are happy with the software and would like to continue using it with unlimited recordings,
visit our purchase page at:
http://www.acoustica.com/spinitagain/buy.asp
You can convert all your LPs and tapes to CD right now! An unlock registration code can be emailed to you automatically, regardless of the time of day!
Click here to purchase NOW!
coustica accepts all major credit cards, Pay Pal or money orders.
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Thank you for your support!
-The Acoustica Team
Record An LP/Tape To CD
Step 1: Hookup Your Record Or Cassette Player Yo Your Computer
Run the software and click "Hookup Wizard". It will guide you through a series of questions and show you photos and images to help you hook up your record or cassette player to your computer.
Step 2: Get A Good Recording Level
The first time you run the software, it will ask you if you want to run the "Recording Level Wizard". Click "Yes" or click "Level Wizard"
Once the wizard starts, click the "Start" button and follow the instructions. (It will have you play the loudest part of the record or tape.) If you see a level, but don't hear anything and are recording off of a USB device, click the "Monitor" checkbox.
Step 3: Click "Record"
If you are recording a tape, make sure to rewind it. Click "Record" and start playing your record or tape. Once it is done, flip over the record or tape and play side two. When it's finished, click "Next" or "Stop". (Type or Look Up Album Information During Recording)
Step 4: Preview And Edit Your Recording
The software automatically splits your recording up into tracks. If there were any erroneous tracks created or if there was extra silence, you can edit it by clicking "Split" and/or by dragging the track markers.
If the recording has lots of clicks and pops, select a built in cleaning preset. Once you are satisfied, click "Next"
Step 5: Tag / Name Your Recording
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Enter in the artist, album, genre and track names if your CD burner supports burning CD-Text. (This screen is more important when creating MP3s or other audio files.)
Click "Next" when you are done.
Step 6: Click "Burn CD"
Click the "Burn CD" button, click "Next" to accept the default settings and click "Next" again.
Insert a blank CD and wait for it to finish! Enjoy your new CD in your car or home stereo! Don't forget to print a CD label with the optional Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker. The track list
will be automatically imported from step 4!
Record An LP/Tape To Audio Files
Step 1: Hookup Your Record Or Cassette Player Yo Your Computer
Run the software and click "Hookup Wizard". It will guide you through a series of questions and show you photos and images to help you hook up your record or cassette player to your computer.
Step 2: Get A Good Recording Level
The first time you run the software, it will ask you if you want to run the "Recording Level Wizard". Click "Yes" or click "Level Wizard"
Once the wizard starts, click the "Start" button and follow the instructions. (It will have you play the loudest part of the record or tape.) If you see a level, but don't hear anything and are recording off of a USB device, click the "Monitor" checkbox.
Step 3: Click "Record"
If you are recording a tape, make sure to rewind it. Click "Record" and start playing your record or tape. Once it is done, flip over the record or tape and play side two. When it's finished, click "Next" or "Stop". (Type or Look Up Album Information During Recording)
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Step 4: Preview And Edit Your Recording
The software automatically splits your recording up into tracks. If there were any erroneous tracks created or if there was extra silence, you can edit it by clicking "Split" and/or by dragging the track markers.
If the recording has lots of clicks and pops, select a built in cleaning preset. Once you are satisfied, click "Next"
Step 5: Tag / Name Your Recording
Enter in the artist, album, genre and track names. This will affect how the individual MP3s are named and tagged.
Click "Next" when you are done.
Step 6: Pick A Destination & Format.
If you want to put it on an MP3 player, make sure it's plugged in and then click "Choose" and select it from the list. Otherwise, choose a folder on your computer. You can also choose a format (MP3*, OGG, WAV or WMA) and click "Details" to change the bit rate and other advanced settings.
Click "Next" and it will create your audio files! * Creating MP3s is not available in some bundled versions of Spin It Again.
Type Or Look Up Album Information During Recordin
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Type in the track names and track lengths that correspond to the recording. To add a new track, click the "Add" button. Move tracks around by selecting them and clicking the "Up" or "Down" buttons.
If you don't feel like typing, click the "Look Up Album Information" button. Type in an album and/or artist and click "Search".
You may need to adjust your search query if you are not finding the results you would expect. Also, make sure that you can connect to the Internet!
Split An MP3 File Into Multiple Tracks
Step 1: Load An MP3
Run the software and click "Load A Sound File".
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Select your audio file and click "Open". Step 2: Preview And Edit Your Multi-Track Audio File
The software automatically splits the audio file into multiple tracks. If there were any erroneous tracks created or if there was extra silence, you can edit it by clicking "Split" and/or by dragging the track markers. See more on manually creating tracks here.
Once you are satisfied, click "Next".
Step 3: Tag / Name Your Tracks
Enter in the artist, album, genre and track names. This will affect how the individual audio files are named and tagged.
Click "Next" when you are done.
Step 4: Pick A Destination & Format.
If you want to put it on an audio player, make sure it's plugged in and then click "Choose" and select it from the list. Otherwise, choose a folder on your computer. You can also choose a format (MP3*, OGG, WAV or WMA) and click "Details" to change the bit rate and other advanced settings.
Click "Next" and it will split your tracks!
* Creating MP3s is not available in some bundled versions of Spin It Again
Manually Creating Tracks
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In some cases, the automatic track detection will not work as desired. Luckily, you can manually create your own tracks with some built in tools.
Select a track on the top track view. Click the "Split" button to split it into two tracks.
Notice that it splits it exactly in half. Alternatively, you can right click at an exact position and select "Split Track At Cursor" to create tracks.
In the bottom track view, use the zoom buttons, the scroll bar and the play back controls to find actual spot where one track ends and the next one begins.
Drag and drop track markers by cllicking near the top of a start or end marker and dragging it to a new position.
In this example, the red boxed area shows the noise area we want to get rid of.
Click an arrow or drag the head of the marker to the right to trim out the unwanted record noise, etc.
Use the "Delete" button to remove false positive tracks, ie: record or tape noise or a bad track. Use the "Create" button to restore a deleted area.
Reduce Clicks And Pops From A Record
Step 1: Load An Existing Recording or Record An LP
Run the software and click "Load A Sound File" or go through the steps to record an LP
Step 2: Select A Click & Pop Reduction Effect
On the bottom of the "Preview And Edit Your Recording" screen, you will be able to choose a Cleaning & Effect Preset. Choose "Vinyl Clean & EQ" from the drop down box. (Or choose
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anything with the word 'vinyl' in it.) Effect Presets Explained ** Please note: When you select an effect preset, it will be instantaneously applied! (You do
not need to play the entire recording, unless you want to double check the quality of the noise removal effects.)
Click "Play" to listen to your recording without record noise. The cleaning algorithms are applied in real time when you play the recording or burn a CD. (You do not need to listen to the whole recording to clean it as some users have tried to do.)
[ Don't forget to clean your records before recording them! ]
Learn more about Cleaning And Audio Effects
Reduce Tape Noise Hiss or Hum
Step 1: Load An Existing Recording or Record A Tape
Run the software and click "Load A Sound File" or go through the steps to record a tape
Step 2: Select A Noise Reduction Effect
On the bottom of the "Preview And Edit Your Recording" screen, you will be able to choose "Tape Noise BeGone" from the drop down box. ** Please note: When you select an effect preset, it will be instantaneously applied. Effect Presets Explained
Click "Play" to listen to your recording without tape noise. The cleaning algorithms are applied in real time when you play the recording or burn a CD. (You do not need to listen to the whole recording to clean it as some users have tried to do.)
Step 3: Preview The Recording Without Noise
Click the "Play" button to listen to the recording without noise. If it sounds warbly or as if its under water, it means that it needs a better "noise print". The noise print is a part of the recording that is just noise and not music. The software subtracts the noise print out of the music to create noise-free music.
To automaticall
choose another noise print, click "Next Noise".
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The noise print will look like this: If it's still not sounding great, you can try right clicking on a noisy area and choose "Set As
Noise Print". (Make sure to not choose an area with music.) Right click on the noise print and choose "Play Noise Print" to hear what it sounds like.
You can also drag and drop the noise print. If it's sounding like it's under water or warbly, check out the noise reduction troubleshooting
area.
Learn more about Cleaning And Audio Effects
Built-in Effects Presets
Spin It Again comes with 14 built in presets to help clean, declick, decrackle and de-hum! Here is a description of each preset. Of course, you can create your own presets, as well.
Clean Anything!
Use this if you are not sure how to clean the recording!
z Moderate noise reduction z Aggressive vinyl declick & decrackle with hiss & hum reduction z Basic middle EQ cut to help bring out the treble and bass frequencies
Damaged Record 1
Use this for moderately damaged records.
z Light noise reduction z Aggressive vinyl declick & decrackle with hiss & hum reduction z "Classic V" EQ to reduce mid frequencies and boost bass and treble.
Damaged Record 2
Use this for severely damaged records.
z Moderate noise reduction z Aggressive vinyl declick & decrackle with hiss & hum reduction z "Classic V" EQ to reduce mid frequencies and boost bass and treble.
Damaged Tape 1
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Use this for moderately damaged tape recordings.
z Strong noise reduction z Aggressive vinyl declick & decrackle with hiss & hum reduction z "Classic V" EQ to reduce mid frequencies and boost bass and treble.
Damaged Tape 2
Use this for severely damaged tape recordings.
z Maximum noise reduction z Aggressive vinyl declick & decrackle with hiss & hum reduction z "Classic V" EQ to reduce mid frequencies and boost bass and treble.
No PreAmp Blues
Use this for recordings made without a preamp.
z Moderate noise reduction z "Classic V" EQ to reduce mid frequencies and boost bass and treble.
Tape Clean & EQ
Use this older tape recordings.
z Moderate noise reduction z Moderate hiss & hum reduction z "Classic V" EQ to reduce mid frequencies and boost bass and treble.
Tape Light Cleaning
Use this to apply a very small amount of noise reduction to a recording
z Light noise reduction for removing constant noise, such as hiss or hum.
Tape Noise BeGone
Use this to apply a moderate amount of noise reduction to a recording
z Moderate noise reduction z Extra hum & hiss reduction
Vinyl Clean & EQ
Use this for vinyl recordings with a touch of noise reduction and EQ.
z Light noise reduction z Aggressive vinyl declick & decrackle with hiss & hum reduction z "Classic V" EQ to reduce mid frequencies and boost bass and treble.
Vinyl Declick & Decrackle
Use this to just remove clicks, pops and crackle.
z Aggressive vinyl declick & decrackle with hiss & hum reduction
Vinyl Declick & Decrackle
Use this to just remove clicks, pops and crackle with a touch of EQ.
z Aggressive vinyl declick & decrackle with hiss & hum reduction z "Classic V" EQ to reduce mid frequencies and boost bass and treble.
Vinyl Light Cleaning
Use this to lightly remove clicks, pops and crackle.
z Moderate vinyl declick & decrackle with hiss & hum reduction
Warped Mind
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Use this to add a crazy echo effect in addition to noise reduction. Not that practical, but it sounds cool!
z Light noise reduction z Aggressive vinyl declick & decrackle with hiss & hum reduction z Echos occur at 165 milliseconds after the original signal.
Hook Up Your Record Player or Cassette Player To Your Computer
One of the biggest stumbling blocks to recording your LPs and cassettes to CD is how to hook up your record player or cassette player to your computer's sound card. Luckily, our software has a guide that helps you make the connection.
Simply click the "Hookup Wizard.." button and the software will ask you a series of questions to guide you on the hookup.
If that doesn't help you make the hookup, here are some more tips:
z You will probably need to purchase the right kind of cable from an electronics or audio store
such as Radio Shack, Best Buy, The Good Guys, etc. Support your local "Mom & Pop" family audio/electronics store, if possible! The cables usually cost less than $5.
z If you have a laptop that does not have a sound "line-in" port, you can use a USB audio
device.
z Your sound card will require an eighth inch stereo mini plug on one side. z Use a flashlight to look at the line in port of your computer's sound card. z The sound card's line-in looks like an arrow going into a speaker. z If you are connecting your stereo amp to your computer, you will probably need an RCA to
an eighth inch stereo mini.
z You can usually hook up your tape/cassette player directly to your computer's sound card. z Record players have an extra low level and usually need to go into the Phono In on a stereo
amp or through a preamp before going into the computer's sound card.
z If you don't have an RCA jack on the back of your device, you can still hook it up from the
headphone jack of your record player or tape player. You'll need a special cord that goes from a quarter inch stereo jack to an eighth inch stereo mini.
z You may need to purchase a new record player or cassette deck.
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