ION iLP User Manual

EZ Vinyl & Tape Converter

Quickstart Guide

Introduction

Welcome to EZ Vinyl & Tape Converter—the easiest way to transfer your recordings to your iPad™, iPhone™, or iPod touch™! This app lets you to create digital versions of your recordings right on your iOS device. From there, you can then transfer them to your iTunes library or any other media player.

We designed the EZ Vinyl & Tape Converter app to be as simple, easy, and streamlined as possible. But if you're having trouble or want to learn more about its features, refer to this manual.

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 with iOS 5 and higher.

Follow the steps below to download the app on your iOS device.

1. Open the App Store on your device.

2. Search for EZ Vinyl & Tape Converter.

3. Download it!

You can also download the app on your computer, but remember to connect and sync your iOS device to transfer the app.

Get Started: Recording

Step 1

IMPORTANT: Always make sure you connect your iOS device to your sound source

before opening the EZ Vinyl & Tape Converter app!

1. Connect your iOS device to your sound source.

2. Open the app.

3. When the Home screen appears, tap RECORD to start the recording process.

4. Tap NEXT.

Note: Whenever you see the BACK button at the top of the screen, you can tap it to return to the previous step.

Step 2

Tap the appropriate 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.

Step 3

Check your levels before you begin recording.

To do this, locate the loudest part of the music you would like to record, and play it (usually, this is somewhere in the middle of a song or later). As your music is playing, watch the volume level meter on the right side of the screen.

Adjust your levels properly:

• The loudest part of the song should barely reach the red part of 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).

To ensure 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.

Additional features:

• Automatically split recording into tracks: Set this switch to ON if you want the software to split tracks automatically when it detects an extended period of silence in the music. If you want to split the tracks manually, set the switch to OFF.

Note: For best results, make sure your volume levels are adjusted properly, as described above. Furthermore, this feature works well for typical popular music but may produce varied results when used with other genres like classical music, spoken word, etc. If your volume level is too low, or if there are frequent and extended silences 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 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 sound source (from your ION product).

When you're ready to start recording, tap the large RECORD button and immediately play your music (press "play," place the needle over the record, etc.).

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