Case 1: Recording from microphone
Case 2: Recording from videotape
Case 3: Recording from WinAmp or stream audio from Internet

Case 1: Recording from microphone

Most sound cards provide the ability to receive sound input from a microphone through the sound card microphone port. This is useful for recording voice or sounds to your computer.

1. Check Your Hardware: 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. 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. Open WinADR, click "Option/Browse" button to select a destination directory(MP3 /WAV/WMA).

3. In Mixer Window,Select the microphone device, adjust the recording volume for the highest possible performance. You might see other devices, such as CD-Player or Synthesizer (MIDI), in the recording panel, uncheck all nonessential devices, this cuts down background noise.

4. Click "Record" button, and then speak into the microphone. If the microphone is plugged into the correct jack, the meter on the display should move left and right. If it does not move, sound is not making it through your microphone. If the wave does move, press "Stop" button, and then press "Play" button to listen to your recording. The recording is the destination sound file you selected.

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Case 2: Recording from videotape

You can get the audio from videotape to MP3 /WAV/WMA files with WinADR.

1. Connect the left and right audio-out terminals on the VCR to the line-in or microphone terminal on the sound card.

2. Open WinADR, click "Option/Browse" button to select a destination directory(MP3 /WAV/WMA).

3. In Mixer window,Select the line-in or microphone device, adjust the recording volume for the highest possible performance. You might see other devices, such as CD-Player or Synthesizer (MIDI), in the recording panel, uncheck all nonessential devices, this cuts down background noise.

4. Now start the playback of the VCR and click the "Record" button in WinADR. You should see a meter display of the audio as it is playing. If the volume settings are too high, you see the meter will exceeds -3db. If the settings are too low, you see only very small variations in the meter. Please adjust the volume to a suitable level.Ok, here's the trick with the line-in or microphone input. If the recording effect is satisfactory, then stop the recording test by clicking "Stop" button.

5. Depending on your sound card and the volume of the audio source, you might not get enough volume using the Linein input. In this case try the microphone input, as the volume sensitivity through the microphone input is generally greater than with the Linein input.

6. OK, let's rewind the tape and start the playback from the point you want to record. Hit the "Record" button and stand by. When you want to stop recording, just click "Stop" button, and the destination sound file is there.

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Case 3: Recording from WinAmp or stream audio from Internet

1. Open WinADR, click "Option/Browse" button to select a destination directory(MP3 /WAV/WMA).

2. Select the Stereo Mix device or the equivalent, 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 nonessential devices, this cuts down background noise.

3. Now start the playback of the WinAmp or the stream audio from Internet and click the "Record" button in WinADR. 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.

4. When you want to stop recording, just click "Stop" button, and the destination sound file is there.

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