Any Recorder 3.50

1.Record 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. Click the "Output File"  Button, Select output path and enter an audio file name.

3. Choose the device "MIC" (Microphone) from the Sound Source combo box. You also can click "Record Control" button,  Select "Microphone" or the equivalent in the Recording Device list. Adjust the Recording Volume if you are recording from the microphone for the first time.

4. Choose an output format for your files: WAV, MP3, OGG, Vox, G721, G723, G726, G729, AC3 and AAC. Click "Format Settings" -> "Formats and filters settings" to Select the appropriate quality in the Recording.

5. Click the "Record" Button (Hot key: "CTRL+ALT+R")  to begin recording sound from the microphone.

2.Record from videotape

You can get the audio from videotape to WAV, MP3, OGG, Vox, G721, G723, G726, G729, AC3 and AAC files with Any Recorder.

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

2. Click the "Output File"  Button, Select output path and enter an audio file name.

3. Choose the device "Line-in"  or "MIC" (Microphone) from the Sound Source combo box, You also can click "Record Control" button, 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 non-essential devices, this cuts down background noise.

4. Choose an output format for your files: WAV, MP3, OGG, Vox, G721, G723, G726, G729, AC3 and AAC. Click "Format Settings" -> "Formats and filters settings" to Select the appropriate quality in the Recording.

5. Now start the playback of the VCR and click the "Record"  button  (Hot key: "CTRL+ALT+R") in Any Recorder. You should see a wave pattern display of the audio as it is playing. If the volume settings are too high, you see the wave patterns being clipped off and appearing to fill the recording window. If the settings are too low, you see only very small variations in the wave pattern. If the sound is being clipped off because the volume is too high, move the line-in or microphone volume setting down until most of the volume range is displayed without clipping. If the sound is too low, increase the volume setting. 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. 

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

7. 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.

3.Record from streaming internet or WinAmp (Windows Media Player)

1. Click the "Output File"  Button, Select output path and enter an audio file name.

2. Choose the device "Stereo Mix" from the Sound Source combo box. You also can click "Record Control" button, Select  "Stereo Mix" device or the equivalent, in the Recording Device list. 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. Choose an output format for your files: WAV, MP3, OGG, Vox, G721, G723, G726, G729, AC3 and AAC. Click "Format Settings" -> "Formats and filters settings" to Select the appropriate quality in the Recording.

4. Now start the playback of the WinAmp (Windows Media Player) or the stream audio from Internet and click the "Record" button (Hot key: "CTRL+ALT+R")  in Any Recorder. Adjust the volume setting by observing a wave pattern display of the audio as it is playing.

5. When you want to stop recording, just click "Stop" button (Hot key: "CTRL+ALT+S") , and the destination sound file is there.

If you use Windows Vista or Windows 7, You need to set a Default recoding input devices to record sound.

Windows Vista/Windows 7 Recording  Control Guide

1. Click Any Recorder "Record Control" button, Open Sound window, select the "Recording" TAB.

2. Right click in the blank white area and select "Show Disabled Devices" from the pop-up menu.

3. Right click and select Enable for each device that you want to use.

4.To make this newly enabled device the default recording device,  right-click on the device and select "Set as Default Device". Click OK.

5. If you were able to successfully enable a recording line, select the appropriate audio device and audio recording line prior to recording. You will have to change the default to use other devices as your input source.