AVS Audio Recorder wizard starts with the Step 1 of 2 window. Please select the recording device you are going to use for recording. You can configure your input devices right from the AVS Audio Recorder, without need to go to the windows Control Panel. You can do that using the Device and Input drop-down lists in the AVS Audio Recorder main window:

You can:

1. select the device that will be used for sound recording. Press the drop-down combo-box and select the necessary device from the list, if you have more than one input device installed on your computer;
2. select the input jack active on the device. The following input jacks might be available depending on your input device configuration:
   • Mono Mix - allows you to record the sound from a program player or a hardware tuner connected to your personal computer in mono mode;
   • Stereo Mix - allows you to record the sound from a program player or a hardware tuner connected to your personal computer in stereo mode;
   • SPDIF - allows you to record the sound from any external device connected to the digital input jack of your computer sound card;
   • Aux - allows you to record the sound from any external device connected to the Aux (auxiliary) input of your computer sound card;
   • CD Player - allows you to record the sound from a laser audio disc in you computer CD/DVD-ROM drive;
   • Line In - allows you to record the sound from any external device connected to the Line In input of your computer sound card;
   • Microphone - allows you to record the sound from a microphone connected to the Microphone input of your computer sound card;
   • Phone Line - allows you to record the sound from an external device connected to the Phone Line input of your computer sound card;
3. for some devices it is also possible to change some advanced settings clicking the Advanced... button. The Advanced Properties window will pop up to let you configure the advanced device settings. You should consult your hardware documentation for more details on this settings:

   

   After you select all the settings for your input device you can click the OK button to accept the changes made and go on recording the sound from the selected and configured device.

4. test the device pressing the Test device button to make sure that the device is in working order:

You can visually judge the sound feedback during testing process. To stop testing click the Stop Test button.

After that you can select the output file format and specify the output file format parameters such as Sample rate (Frequency), Bitrate and the number of Channels:

Note: some formats, such as AAC, M4A, WMA and WAV allow you to select more than two channels. You can set up to eight channels depending on your desires and the devices that will be used to playback the resulting audio files.

Note: it is possible to specify Advanced MP3 parameters clicking the appropriate button. You can find the detailed information about these settings in the Appendix section. See also:

• Available MP3 Parameters Combinations
• Available MP2 Parameters Combinations

After the desired output format is selected please click the Next>> button.