5. You can click Play&Edit button to call up Sound Editor dialog where you can play back and edit audio files as you desire by cutting, copying, pasting, trimming segments and employing various DSP effects. The editing result can be saved as .Mp3, .Wav, .Wma, .Ogg, .Vqf files.

CASE 2: RECORDING FROM VIDEOTAPE
1. Connect left and right Audio-out terminals on your VCR to the Line-in port on your sound card.
2. Launch Fast Sound Recorder. Click Browse button to select or create a destination sound file (.Mp3 or .Wav). 
3. Click Record Volume Control button to call up its dialog to set recording devices. Select the Line-in and make sure the volume slider is at least half way right. You might see other devices, such as CD-Player or Synthesizer (MIDI), etc in the recording panel, uncheck all non-essential devices, this cuts down background noise. 
4. Test to adjust the volume of recording. Start the playback of the VCR and click the Record button. You should see a wave pattern display of the audio as it is playing. To adjust the volume, move the Line-in's volume slider. If the recording is satisfactory, click Stop button to finish testing.
Note: Depending on your sound card and the volume of source audios, you might not get enough volume using the Line-in input, then try the Microphone input, as the volume sensitivity through the Microphone input is generally greater than through the Line-in input. To use Microphone input, see Recording from Microphone. 
5. OK, let's rewind the tape and start the playback from the point you want to record. Hit the Record button and stand by. You can pause the process of recording by clicking the Pause button any time you want and then resume it by clicking the Resume button. When you're done recording, click Stop button, and the destination sound file is there.
6. You can click Play&Edit button to call up Sound Editor dialog where you can play back and edit audio files as you desire by cutting, copying, pasting, trimming segments and employing various DSP effects. The editing result can be saved as .Mp3, .Wav, .Wma, .Ogg, .Vqf files. 
Case 3: RECORDING FROM WINAMP OR STREAMING AUDIO FROM INTERNET
1. Launch Fast Sound Recorder. Click Browse button to select or create a destination sound file (.Mp3 or .Wav). 
2. Click Record Volume Control button to call up its dialog to set recording devices. Select the Stereo Mix and adjust the recording volume for the highest possible performance. You might see other devices, such as CD-Player or Microphone in the recording panel, uncheck all non-essential devices, this cuts down background noise.
3. Now start the playback of WinAmp or streaming audio from Internet and click the Record button. Adjust the volume setting by observing a wave pattern display of the audio as it is playing. You can pause the process of recording by clicking the Pause button any time you want and then resume it by clicking the Resume button. When you want to stop recording, just click Stop button, and the destination sound file is there.
4. You can click Play&Edit button to call up Sound Editor dialog where you can play back and edit audio files as you desire by cutting, copying, pasting, trimming segments and employing various DSP effects. The editing result can be saved as .Mp3, .Wav, .Wma, .Ogg, .Vqf files.