VinylStudio has all the features you need to transfer your vinyl albums (or tapes) to your PC. LPs are recorded as two (or three or four) complete sides and these recordings are subsequently split up into individual tracks which can then be played on your PC or laptop, downloaded to an MP3 player or burned to CD.
VinylStudio organises your recorded albums in a collection. You can create as many collections as you like, but you must create at least one. VinylStudio will prompt you to create a collection when you record your first album.
1. You first need to hook up your turntable or tape deck to your PC and check that it is working correctly. This is covered in more detail here. Don't miss the section entitled 'Testing your Setup' near the end. The golden rule is that you need to see the recording level indicators moving in time with the music (and not stuck on maximum, for example).
2. VinylStudio has four main working areas, which you select by clicking on the tabs at the top of the VinylStudio window:
To record an album, click on the Record tab (if necessary) which will take you to the Record window where you can enter the artist and title of the album you wish to record. Albums are recorded one complete side at a time and you should record both sides of the album before you proceed to the next step. Alternatively, if you have already recorded the album in another program, you can import an existing recording. You can also record singles, or other material with no trackbreaks.
3. While your album is recording, you can lookup or type in the album's track listing. With luck, you will be able to find a track listing on line.
4. Once you have a recording to work with, you need to split it into tracks, which you do in the Split Tracks window. Please note that no additional files are generated at this point (this happens later on). You are merely telling VinylStudio where the tracks begin and end.
5. You can also, if you wish, removes clicks, scratches, hiss and hum from your recordings. This step is optional, but often worthwhile. VinylStudio does not make any changes to your original recordings when you do this, so feel free to experiment. And if you decide, when listening to a CD you have made, that these features might be worth a try after all, you can always give them a whirl and then burn another CD.
6. When you are happy with the results of your work, you can burn CDs and/or generate MP3 files to copy to your iPod or MP3 player. These MP3 files can also be played on your computer (using Windows Media Player, usually).
Most actions in VinyStudio can be undone with the Undo / Redo buttons in the toolbar 
(Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y).
VinylStudio can record to, and work with, files in either MP3 or WAV format. WAV format provides the best performance and musical fidelity while MP3 format is much more economical on disk space. Refer to the MP3 or WAV help page for more information.