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, that 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.

Please note that it is possible to specify Advanced MP3 parameters clicking the appropriate button.

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

AVS Audio Recorder will automatically locate all of the output files in My Music folder at your computer. You will be able to change output file location at Step 2. To do that click the Change... button and select desired output file location.

Please note that you can split the recorded file into several parts. AVS Audio Recorder will suggest that you split your recordings by time. For example, if you want the recorded file to be split into several parts and you want each of these parts to be 60 minutes long, you should set the parameters as shown in the picture below:

Warning! If you don't want to split the output file, make sure that Split file check-box is unchecked!

You can also select between auto and manual gain control. If you prefer to change the volume of the recording manually, please uncheck the Auto Gain Control check-box and use the Gain slider to select the gain level. Otherwise you can let the program automatically control the sound level during recording.

After that you can start recoding with the recording parameters you've set previously. To do that simply press the Record button and the recording will start:

To stop or pause recording use the Stop or Pause buttons accordingly. You can visually judge the sound feedback during testing process with the help of graphic representation area.

When the recording is done you can playback the recorded file or files to make sure you've got the desired quality.

Please use the following buttons to verify your file:

You can also edit the resulting files with the help of the AVS Ringtone Maker program. To do that click the Edit button to launch the application.

AVS Audio Recorder also allows you to modify extra text information in existing files. To do that click the File Info button and the Information window will appear.

Here you can change all of the available details such as Track number, Title, Artist, Album, you can add any Comment, specify Year and Genre.

After you finished, please click the Step 1 button to return to the first step or Close to finish the work with the AVS Audio Recorder program.