Final Vinyl: Audio Digitization Software
Final Vinyl is a program that uses the Griffin iMic (the silver USB puck) to digitize analog audio and save it as 16-bit Stereo AIFF (there are other settings under Final Vinyl Preferences, but it's better to go with high quality).
Final Vinyl is an adequate tool for digitizing audio, but Sound Studio is much better -- to access Sound Studio Wiki, click HERE.
Replace the 3.5mm mini plug that goes to the regular microphone we use for voice recording with a mini-to-composite patch cable ( Zach has these, available on request). Composite stereo audio plugs into the patch cable. Flip the little black switch toward the jack with the little microphone icon in the iMic (for voice recording, we normally switch it the opposite way).
To avoid interference, select the Mute While Recording option.
There is a radio button that you can check for capture from a vinyl record, but all that does is jack the gain by +20dB -- not really all that helpful.
The capture process:
- hook up all connections
- start audio source playing
- if you muted audio during playthrough, you won't be able to hear it during capture -- that's ok
- click the record button
- let source media run until over
- click the stop button when done
- click on the save button
- Files are saved to folders that get created automatically in the Labuser > Music folder.
Edited on Sep 15 2005 04:39PM by Alex Kahler
