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T.92 USB
DIRECT DRIVE TURNTABLE
T.92 USB
USER MANUAL
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IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS 1. Read Instructions – All the safety and operating instructions should be 15. Servicing –The user should not attempt any service to the appliance read before this product is operated. beyond that described in the operating instructions. All other servicing should be referred to qualified service personnel.. 2. Retain Instructions – The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. 16. Ventilation – Slots and openings in the cabinet
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ASSEMBLY Thank you for purchasing the T.92 USB turntable from Stanton. The T.92 USB has been designed to allow easy transfer of vinyl records to CD or Mp3. The T.92 USB is built upon Stanton's heritage of designing audiophile products for the most discriminating listener. Before assembling the T.92 USB please check to make sure the following items are included with the main unit in the carton. Cakewalk Pyro Installation CD Platter AC cord Slipmat RCA cable Cloth dust cover USB cable Ins
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0 1.0 TONE ARM AND CARTRIDGE SETTING The major cause of problems in sound and skipping on the vinyl is the lack of proper set up of the needle and turntable adjustments. The needle is designed to operate at a specific angle to the vinyl. The T.92 USB has several adjustments to correctly position the needle to the vinyl. 1. The first adjustment is the installation of the cartridge-head-shell assembly into the tone arm tube lock. The T.92 USB includes a Stanton 500 V3 cart
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CONTROLS OVERVIEW 20 1 19 2 18 17 3 16 15 4 5 14 13 12 6 11 10 2 T.92 USB 7 8 9 21 22 23 24 25 26 1. REVERSE - This button is used to reverse the direction of the platter 8. HEADSHELL - Install the cartridge here per the “Tonearm and rotation. Cartridge Settings” section of this manual. 2. START/STOP - Press this button to start or stop the platter. 9. KEY LOCK - Press to enable key lock. When KEY LOCK is on, the pitch slider will only affect the speed of th
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CONTROLS OVERVIEW 16. ANTI SKATE KNOB - When a record is playing, a centrifugal force is 23. USB SOCKET- Connect the USB cable (included) to this socket and generated drawing the stylus towards the center of the record. This to a USB connector on your computer. After connecting the turntable control compensates for that force and needs to be set to the same to your computer, you can record your vinyl to your hard disk using value as the counter weight pres
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CREATING A CD FROM AN LP The T.92 USB includes a USB computer interface and Cakewalk Pyro Audio Creator LE CD software for Windows. Macintosh users can download the free Audacity software for recording directly from the T.92 USB. By connecting the T.92 USB to your computer and using the correct software, you can create custom CDs from your record albums. In addition to creating CDs, you can edit the LP tracks, clean up clicks and noise, and apply special audio e
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12 AUDACITY SOFTWARE OVERVIEW ( for MAC and PC users ) RECORDING & SAVING TRACKS 10 11 10. When you are ready to record, click the RED record button on the computer. Play the LP track to be recorded. 11. When you have finished the recording, click the YELLOW stop button. Click the GREEN play button to playback your finished recording. You can now click FILE and choose Export As AIFF (Macintosh) or Wave (Windows) to save the recording. This will save the entire recording as one audio file.
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CAKEWALK PYRO AUDIO CREATOR LE OVERVIEW (PC users ) The T.92 USB comes with a complimentary CD with Cakewalk Pyro Audio Creator LE. Cakewalk Pyro Audio Creator LE allows you to create CD’s directly from audio recorded from the T.92 USB to a Windows-based PC. The system requirements for Pyro Audio Creator LE are below. System Requirements Minimum Recommended Operating System Windows XP Windows XP/Vista/Vista x64 Processor Speed Intel® Pentium® 4 1.3 GHz, or AMD Athlon™ Intel® Pentium® 4 2.8
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CAKEWALK PYRO AUDIO CREATOR LE OVERVIEW (PC users ) RECORDING AUDIO FROM A RECORD 2. Press the EDITOR button on the toolbar to bring up the editing window. This is where you will record and edit your audio fi les. After pressing the EDITOR button, the screen below will appear. 3. Press the (3) Input Monitoring button. This will allow you to listen to the audio as you record it from the T.92 USB. 4. Press the red (4) Record button. This will also light up the (5) Pause button. Play a re
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CAKEWALK PYRO AUDIO CREATOR LE OVERVIEW (PC users ) EDITING THE AUDIO Now you are ready to trim any unwanted audio (such as the silence between songs). Trimming will also separate the songs to create new “Clips”. It is easy to see the separation between songs. This is where the volume of the waveform is at a low-level. If there is only a short space between songs, then it might not be quite as easy to see. The screen below shows the relative area where the tracks change. 10
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CAKEWALK PYRO AUDIO CREATOR LE OVERVIEW (PC users ) 6. To make it easier to split up tracks or delete unwanted silence between songs, left-click the mouse and drag it over the areas between the songs. Press the (6) Zoom Selection button and the screen now zooms into the area between the songs. 7. You can place the playback cursor at the start of each song and then press the (7) Split button to create a new Clip, or you can use the mouse highlight a larger area to delete unwanted silence
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CAKEWALK PYRO AUDIO CREATOR LE OVERVIEW (PC users ) The next step is to name the Markers with the song names. Markers are indicated with a triangle. Place the cursor over a Marker and right-click the mouse. That displays the Maker naming window. Enter the name of the song and press OK. Continue doing this for each Marker. Now you are ready to process the audio. PROCESSING CLIPS Audio Creator LE allows you to process your audio clips. The two most common processing functions are Normalizing
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CAKEWALK PYRO AUDIO CREATOR LE OVERVIEW (PC users ) 9. To normalize a Clip, fi rst press the (9) Clip Select button. Then, place the cursor over a Clip and click to select it. 10. Next, press the (10) Normalize button. This brings up the Normalize window, as shown below. 13
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CAKEWALK PYRO AUDIO CREATOR LE OVERVIEW (PC users ) It is usually best not to normalize to 100%. Instead, choose -0.5 dB or -1 dB. Set the normalization level to your desired amount and then press OK. Using the Audio Restore Plug-in Audio Creator LE includes an audio plug-in that helps eliminate noise, clicks and pops from a record. The plug-in is called Audio Restore by iZotope. To select the Audio Restore Plug-in from Cakewalk, right-click on the clip you wish to process. Then, select Pr
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CAKEWALK PYRO AUDIO CREATOR LE OVERVIEW (PC users ) In this window, you can select the following options: - DeNoiser-This will help eliminate record background noise. - Declipper-This will eliminate parts of the audio where clipping occurs. Clipping happens when the recorded audio exceeds maximum level. - DeClicker-This will remove clicks or pops from the audio file. It is best to try the default settings first. The Train button is useful for “training” the Audio Restore plug-in to recogn
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CAKEWALK PYRO AUDIO CREATOR LE OVERVIEW (PC users ) 3) Click the “Use Markers as Track Indicators” checkbox to select it. This will automatically save each track and give it the same name as the Markers that you named. 4) Then, click the “Add to Audio CD Track List” checkbox. This will automatically add all the tracks to the CD track list, making it easy to make a CD after saving the tracks. 5) Press the Save button, and all your tracks will be saved with the correct names. 6) Bring the
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CAKEWALK PYRO AUDIO CREATOR LE OVERVIEW (PC users ) 2) Click the “Use Markers as Track Indicators” checkbox to select it. This will automatically save each track as an MP3 file and give it the same name as the Markers that you named. Press the Save button, and the following screen is displayed. 3) First, select the bit rate for the MP3 files. Higher bit rates yield better quality. Set the Stereo Mode to Stereo. Variable Bit Rate Encoding sometimes yields better results, but may not be good
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CAKEWALK PYRO AUDIO CREATOR LE OVERVIEW (PC users ) Press the Add File button to select the MP3 tracks you wish to write to CD. If you have files for one artist placed in a folder, press the Add Folder button to add an entire folder. When you have all the MP3 tracks selected, press the BURN CD button and the CD will be created. Congratulations! You have successfully digitized your 1st vinyl record! Feel free to experiment with the other features of Pyro Audio Creator LE. The online Help sc
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SPECIFICATIONS GENERAL Model: T.92 USB Dimensions: 452(W) x 370(D) x 143(H)mm Weight: 8.6Kgs Power supply: AC 100V, 50/60Hz (For Japan) AC 110V, 60Hz (For Taiwan) AC 120V, 60Hz (For U.S.A., Canada, Mexico) AC 220V, 50Hz (For United Arab Emirates, Chile, Argentina) AC 220V, 60Hz (For Philippines) AC 230V, 50Hz (For Europe, New Zealand, South Africa, Singapore, Israel) AC 240V, 50Hz (For Australia, U.K.) Power consumption: 11W STANDARD TEST CONDITION: Ambient Temperature 20 +/
