Recording sound via a sound card

According to the type of sound card in your computer you can record signals from analog and/or from digital audio sources.

Connect audio source and call up Record Dialog

  1. Connect your audio source to the corresponding sound card input.

  2. In Wings Vioso RX, open the required project or create a new one. See  Project Wizards.

  3. In the main menu click Media Pool and select Create new files.

  4. In the left field, click Sound card. If this entry is not visible, click on the plus sign next to Audio.

  5. For Audio input select the input of the sound card used.

When you use a professional sound card (RME Digi 96/8, etc.) with a variety of inputs, you need to choose the corresponding input in the Settings Dialog for your sound card. Should the message "This format is not supported ..." appear, click here to find a solution.

  1. Click on Select filename and enter a name for the new file.

 

Setting the audio level control

Recording via a digital input does not require any audio level control. Continue at Start recording.

  1. Recording is preset for CD standard (16 bits, 44.1 kHz, stereo). Only select other settings if necessary (... e.g. "Mono" for speech recordings).

  2. If you want to record via an analog input, start by adjusting the audio level first. The controls are available in Windows as follows...

Windows Vista, 7, 8, 10

  1. Start your audio source and adjust the control in the Windows dialog to an audio level which does not exceed zero dB. You should more or less adjust it to within a range from – 12 dB to – 3 dB.  

  2. Stop your audio source and return it to its start position

 

Start recording

  1. Click on Record .  The time display will tell you about the length of the recording and the remaining storage capacity on the active drive.

Tip:  Upon activating Autostart, Wings Vioso RX will automatically start recording as soon as the specified level has been reached.

  1. Interrupt recording by clicking Pause . Terminate recording by clicking Stop .

  2. Terminate the Record Dialog by clicking OK.

What would you like to do next?

....Creating media files in a different way

...Placing objects in the timeline

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