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Audio recording and reproducing via the USB interface
The Compact Disc supplied with the mixer contains a copy of the
Audacity software program. Audacity
®
for recording and editing sounds. It is available for Mac OS X, Microsoft
Windows, GNU/Linux, and other operating systems.
You can use Audacity to:
• Record live audio.
• Convert tapes and records into digital recordings or CDs.
• Edit Ogg Vorbis, MP3, WAV or AIFF sound files.
• Cut, copy, splice or mix sounds together.
• Change the speed or pitch of a recording.
• And more!
Audacity is free software, developed by a group of volunteers and
distributed under the GNU General Public License (GPL).
For any further information an for downloading the latest version
please visit the Audacity homepage at: http://audacity.sourceforge.net/
The files contained in the CD are the following:
1) audacity-win-unicode-1.3.12.exe for Windows
2) audacity-macosx-ub-1.3.12.dmg for Mac
The installation software for other operating systems (previous versions
of Windows® and Mac® ) and the source code for compiling a Linux
version may be downloaded from:
http://audacity.sourceforge.net/download/
System requirements: CD/DVD reader (for installation)
Windows ® Version
2000, XP
Vista Home Basic
Vista Home Premium, Business, Ultimate
Windows 7:
preliminary support ('Beta' version)
Mac ® OS Version
10.4 or later
• Install the software by launching the installation file corresponding
to your operating system. Follow the instructions that are displayed
during the installation process.
• Connect the computer to the mixer via an USB cable.
The mixer's USB audio interface will be automatically recognized by
the operating system, and will be reported as 'USB audio codec' or
'USB speakers'.
• Launch Audacity and select, as default audio in/out interface, the
mixer's USB audio interface (not the computer's internal audio card).
To do this, select from Audacity's menu the function:
Edit > Preferences> Devices and set:
Playback: USB audio codec
Recording: USB audio codec / Channels : 2 (stereo).
• The use of the software program is intuitive, and it includes an
exhaustive help system, always up-to-date.
is free, open source software
®
2000, XP, Vista, 7.
®
OS X.
®
RAM
512 MB
2 GB
4 GB
Same of Windows
Vista
RAM
64 MB
USB CONNECTION PRECAUTIONS
Be sure to observe the following points when connecting to the
computer's USB interface (47).
Failure to observe these rules can result in computer freezes/hang-ups
and possibly data loss or corruption.
If the MCR series mixer or computer does hang up, turn the power
to both devices off and then on again, and restart the computer.
• Be sure to wake the computer from sleep/suspended/standby mode
before making a connection to the computer's USB connector.
• Connect the ixer to the computer before turning the mixer power on.
• Always quit all applications running on the computer before turning
the MCR series mixer's power on or off, or connecting or disconnecting
the USB cable.
• Wait at least 6 seconds between turning the MCR series mixer on or
off, and between connecting or disconnecting the USB cable.
When connecting or disconnecting the USB cable be sure to turn the
USB/TAPE input volume control (49) to it's minimum.
Disconnect the USB cable when using the MCR series mixer without the
computer.
Processor speed
1 GHz
1 GHz
2 GHz
Same of Windows
Vista
Processor speed
300 MHz
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