1. Connect your microphone's cable to your sound card's Mic In port at the back. 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. Launch All Sound Recorder Vista ( version). Click 'Browse' button to select or create a destination sound file (.Mp3 or .Wav). You can also use the default file shown below the Browse button. Your recording is automatically saved as this file.

3. Click Change Sound Source button to call up its dialog to set recording devices. Select Microphone and make sure the volume slider is at least half way right. You might see other devices, such as CD-Player or Synthesizer (MIDI), etc in the recording panel, uncheck all non-essential devices, this cuts down background noise.

4. Click Record button and speak into the microphone, you should see a wave pattern display of the audio in recording which indicates its volume. To adjust the volume for the highest possible performance, just move the Microphone's volume slider to and fro.

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. When recording is complete, click Stop button. The recording is the destination sound file you selected.

Note: 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.

5. For standard version user, to listen to your recording, click Play button for playback;

6. For version user, you can click Play&Edit button to call up Sound Editor dialog where you can play back and edit audio files as you desire by cutting, copying, pasting, trimming segments and employing various DSP effects. The editing result can be saved as .Mp3, .Wav, .Wma, .Ogg, .Vqf files.

2. Launch All Sound Recorder Vista. Click "Create New Recording Work" to select or create a destination sound file (.Mp3 or .Wav).

3. Click Change Sound Source button to call up its dialog to set recording devices. Select the Line-in and make sure the volume slider is at least half way right. You might see other devices, such as CD-Player or Synthesizer (MIDI), etc in the recording panel, uncheck all non-essential devices, this cuts down background noise.

4. Test to adjust the volume of recording. Start the playback of the VCR and click the Record button in standard version or version. You should see a wave pattern display of the audio as it is playing. To adjust the volume, move the Line-in's volume slider. If the recording is satisfactory, click Stop button to finish testing.

Note: Depending on your sound card and the volume of source audios, you might not get enough volume using the Line-in input, then try the Microphone input, as the volume sensitivity through the Microphone input is generally greater than through the Line-in input. To use Microphone input, see Recording from Microphone.

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

2. Click Change Sound Source button to call up its dialog to set recording devices. Select the Stereo Mix and 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. Now start the playback of WinAmp or streaming audio from Internet and click the Record button in standard version or version. 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. When you want to stop recording, just click Stop button, and the destination sound file is there.

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To create one big wave file for each side of the LP using Audio Recorder Vista, plug in a 1/8" stereo cable from your tape deck or LP record player, to the "Line In" or "Microphone" slot of your sound card. Next, open All Sound Recorder Vista and click on the "Record" button. You'll then see the recording window with the colored "Level Indicator" screen.

The Colored "Level Indicator" will help you see whether the LP music volume is too soft or too loud. Adjust all necessary volumes accordingly to avoid distorted or quiet recordings (it's best to stay within the green portion). Once everything is in place, start playing your audio cassette/LP and press the "Record" button within Audio Recorder Vista.

Next, you may want a piece of software that will "split" the tracks into separate files (so you can skip tracks on a CD). You can try Sound Edit Pro.

Lastly, you would need CD Blaster software to burn this music to CD.