Griffin Technology Final Vinyl Final Vinyl 2.5 Manual de usuario
Final Vinyl™
User Manual
Table of Contents:
Getting Started
iMic Setup
Final Vinyl Setup
Final Vinyl Controls
Recording from a Turntable
Recording and Monitoring Audio
Playing Back Audio
More About EQ Settings
AU Effects
Other Action Menu Items
Using Auto Mark: Configuration
Using Auto Mark: Saving Individual Tracks
Importing/Exporting Files
Troubleshooting
Getting Started
Hello, and welcome to Final Vinyl, stereo recording and
editing software from Griffin. Final Vinyl was originally
created for use with Griffin iMic, to make it easier to
digitize your record collection. But iMic and Final Vinyl
have many more uses, besides.
iMic Setup
Plug your audio device into iMic’s In jack, and plug iMic into an
unused USB port on your computer. iMic has a selector switch
on the side; for most turntables, this switch should be set to
MIC level. If your device has its own preamp, switch to Line.
To make sure you are getting signal into your computer:
1. Open System Preferences and click on the Sound icon.
2. You will see three tabs: Sound Effects, Output, and Input.
Select Input, and make sure that “iMic USB audio system” is
highlighted. Begin playing your audio device. You should begin
to see movement on the “Input level” meter. A good healthy
signal will generally light up about 75-80% of the blue input
level indicators. If you do not see signal activity, double-check
your connections. You will not yet hear audio coming from your
computer speakers, but don’t worry! We’re almost there.
3. Select the Output tab. If you want to hear what you are recording
through your computer speakers or through headphones plugged
into your computer, select “Built-in Output.” If you need to use
iMic as your output device (if, for example, your computer’s
headphone jack is damaged) simply select iMic as your Output
device, and plug your headphones into iMic’s OUT jack.
Final Vinyl Setup
1. Now we’re ready to install and launch Final Vinyl. To ensure
you get the latest version for your operating system, please
download the software from our website:
http://www.griffintechnology.com/support/products/imic
2. Open Final Vinyl from your Applications folder. With Final
Vinyl open, go to Final Vinyl > Preferences, and select
“General.” Under Device, select “iMic USB Audio System.”
Close the Preferences window.
Final Vinyl Controls
1. Zoom Slider: Allows you
to zoom in and out of the
recorded waveform, to view
it in more or less detail for
editing and placing marks.
2. Playthrough/Monitor Button:
Allows you to hear the audio
that is coming into Final Vinyl,
whether or not you are
actually recording it.
3. Action Menu:
Tools for editing
your recording:
equalizers, effects,
and Auto Mark
function.
5. Time/Location Indicator:
Tells you how long you
have been recording, or
where the Final Vinyl
cursor is located in
the waveform.
6. Levels Meter: Tells you
how loud the signal is.
If it is repeatedly hitting
the red mark, you may
want to adjust the input
level in System Preferences.
7. Editing Controls: The editing
commands you use most.
From left:
Delete selected audio
Crop selected audio
Insert marker
Delete active marker.
4. Transport Controls:
The Leftmost button
moves Final Vinyl’s cursor
to the beginning of the
recording; in the middle
is the Play/Pause button;
at right is the Record button.
Recording from a Turntable
To make the audio sound normal, many turntables
need a special filter setting, known as the “RIAA
Curve.” Your old home stereo’s turntable input had
a special equalization circuit built into it (remember
when stereos had “Phono” inputs?). Final Vinyl
recreates this equalization curve using digital
signal processing.
1. To add this turntable filter, select “Effects” from
the Action Menu. A new window will pop open,
labeled “Effect View.”
2. At the bottom left of the “Effect View” window,
click on the plus symbol and choose the effect
you want (in this case, “EQ”).
3. Two options appear: “Typical Connection” and
“Connected to Turntable.” Select “Connected
to Turntable” and click Apply. (For tape decks
or other line level audio devices, you would
select “Typical Connection.”)
Recording and Monitoring Audio
You’re ready to start recording with Final Vinyl. You may use any
audio device you choose; here, we use a turntable as an example.
1. Press the Record button; Final Vinyl will start recording. If you
wish to monitor the incoming audio, click the “Playthrough/
Monitor” button. The Playthrough button works whether you
are recording or not.
2. Start your turntable and place the needle on the
record. While recording, the waveform window will
turn red and the Record button will blink. The
elapsed time of your current recording session will
be displayed in the Time/Location indicator.
3. To stop recording, press the flashing Record button
again. Final Vinyl will then calculate and draw the
waveform, a visual representation of your audio
signal. The longer the recording, the longer the
calculation will take, so be patient!
4. If you wish to record both sides of an album as one
continuous file, after the first side has finished, press
Final Vinyl’s Record button to stop recording. Turn
the record over, press the Record button, and start
the turntable again. Final Vinyl will automatically
continue recording where the other side left off.
Playing Back Audio
You will know when Final Vinyl is ready to play back
your recording when the waveform is visible in the
window.
1. To play the recording, press the Play button (or
press the space bar on your keyboard). You can
use the Zoom slider to view the waveform in
greater detail. When you are zoomed in, you can
use the horizontal scroll bar at the bottom of the
waveform display to move forward (right) and
backward (left) through the recording.
2. To stop playing, press the Play button (or the
space bar) once again.
3. If you’re in a big hurry to save (export) what you
just recorded, skip down to “Importing/Exporting
a File.” However, we strongly recommend you
read on to learn about special settings for
turntables, EQ settings, and some of the time-
saving features Final Vinyl has to offer.
More About EQ Settings
The sliders in the EQ window let you set the bass,
treble, and mid-range to control the way your music
sounds. The Gain slider at the far right of the EQ
window will increase or decrease the overall volume
within a range of +/- 20dB. Once you have the EQ
settings the way you want them, press the “Apply”
button, and Final Vinyl applies the settings to the
recorded audio.
An equalizer increases or decreases the volume
within a selected frequency range; for example, you
can move the EQ sliders to boost the bass range
without affecting the treble. Keep in mind that
boosting a band of frequencies boosts your overall
signal as well. For example, if all of the frequency
sliders are raised 50% above normal, the audio will
be 10dB louder; if all the sliders are lowered 50%
below normal, the sound will be 10dB softer. The
trick is to balance all your various volume controls
(including your Mac’s sound panel, Final Vinyl’s Gain
setting in Preferences, Final Vinyl’s EQ settings, and
possibly others, depending on your setup) so that the
resulting audio never exceeds 100%.
Continuing the example of raising all the sliders 50%, and assuming
the incoming audio is set so that the loudest sound in the recording
reaches 100% loudness, that would mean the final audio volume would
be at 150%! If the total volume is more than 100%, the “peaks” of the
audio signal will be “clipped off,” which results in a very nasty-
sounding distortion of the signal. Your ability to perceive distortion will
depend on the environment where you listen (a very noisy environment
will make it hard to hear distortion) and on the style of music itself.
Very light distortion is easy to hear in soft classical music, but nearly
impossible to hear in thunderous heavy metal, which already contains
large amounts of distortion as part of the music.
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