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IMPORTANT SAFETY PRECAUTIONS C. The appliance has been exposed to rain; or 1. Read Instructions - All the safety and operating instructions should be D. The appliance does not appear to operate normally or exhibits read before this product is operated. a marked change in performance; or 2. Retain Instructions - The safety and operating instructions should be retained for future reference. E. The appliance has been dropped, or the enclosure is damage 3. Heed Warnings - A
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ASSEMBLY Thank you for purchasing the T.55 USB turntable from Stanton. The T.55 USB is built upon Stanton’s heritage of designing audiophile products for the most discriminating listener. Before assembling the T.55 USB please check to make sure the following items are included with the main unit in the carton. AC cord Slipmat RCA cable Stanton 500.V3 Cartridge pre-mounted on headshell 45 rpm adaptor except on model T.55USBX, no cartridge included Counter weight Ca
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0 1.0 TONEARM AND CARTRIDGE SETTING The majou cause of problems with acoustic performance 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.55 USB has several adjustments to correctly position the needle to the vinyl! 1. The first adjustment is the installation of the cartridge-headshell assembly into the tone arm tube lock. The T.55 USB includes a Stanton 500 V3 cartridge pre
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. 0 5 CONTROL OVERVIEW 1 7 1 8 1. Start/Stop - Press this button to start or stop the platter. 10. Tonearm 11. Tonearm clamp and rest - Use this rest for the tone arm and clamp it in 2. Strobe dots - The dots around the edge of the platter are used in position during transportation. conjunction with the light located inside the motor On/Off switch. While the platter is in rotation, the dots help to indicate the speed of rotation. 12. Counterweight - Use this to balance the tonearm
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CREATING A CD FROM AN LP The T.55 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.55 USB. By connecting the T.55 USB to your computer and using the correct software, you can 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 effects if desired. You can even mak
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AUDACITY SOFTWARE OVERVIEW (for PC and MAC) Recording & saving tracks 10. When you are ready to record, click the Red record button on the computer. 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
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CAKEWALK PYRO AUDIO CREATOR LE OVERVIEW (PC Users) The T.55 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.55 USB to a Windows-based PC. The system requirements for Pyro Audio Creator LE are below: System Requirements Requirements Minimum Recommended Operating System Windows XP Windows XP/Vista/Vista x64 Processor Speed Intel® Pentium® 4 1.3 GHz, Intel® Pentium® 4 2.8 GHz [
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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 files. After pressing the EDITOR button, the screen below will appear. 4 5 3 3. Press the (3) Input Monitoring button. This will allow you to listen to the audio as you record it from the T.55 USB. 4. Press the red (4) Record button. This will also light up the (5) Pause button. Play a record on your turntable and you will see the meters at t
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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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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. 6 7 8 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, and then press Delete on your keyboard. This
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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 Marker 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
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Clip before normalizing Clip normalizing 9 10 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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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. The
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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
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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 Audio Creator Toolbar to the front and click on the BUR
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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
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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. Th
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SPECIFICATIONS General Model: T.55 USB Dimensions 452(W) x 370(D) x 87(H)mm Weight 5.4Kgs 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 6.5W Turntable Section Type 2-speed full ma
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WARRANTY & RETURN POLICY Warranty Through Stanton’s authorized dealers around the World, Stanton, or one of Stanton’s authorized distributors outside the U.S., will, without charge, repair or replace, at the sole discretion of the entity responsible for making the repair or providing the replacement, any Stanton merchandise proved defective in material or workmanship for a period of one year following the date of original purchase. Exceptions to this warrant
