Neostar AudCap USB Audio Capture Adaptor

If you already own a record player, tape cassette deck, or personal cassette player and want to transfer your vinyl or tape collections to your PC or Mac and save as digital files for safe permanent storage and copying to CD or MP3, then the Neostar Electronics AudCap Audio Capture Adaptor is all you need. 

Simply connect one end of the Audio Capture device to your computer’s USB socket, connect the other end to your player and begin digitising your music collection.

AudCap is supplied with Audacity software which makes burning vinyl / tape to PC or Mac extremely easy with options for sound cleansing and more advanced audio editing. Audio Capture also includes a 6.5mm jack-to-phono connector; and a 3.5mm-to-3.5mm connector.

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Buy the AudCap USB Audio Capture Adaptor and EasyCap USB Video Capture Adaptor at the special price of £54.90, saving a total of £25.

• Transfer vinyl and tape to PC / Mac using your existing player
• USB interface
• PC and Mac compatible
• Simple to use: Connect the Audio Capture device to your computer’s USB socket, install the user friendly software (included) to your PC or Mac, and connect the other end to your player using either the phono/line outputs, or the 3.5mm / 6.5mm headphone sockets
• No driver required

Includes:

• 3.5 & 6.5mm jack-to-phono connectors (pictured)
• 3.5mm-to-3.5mm extension connector
• Audacity software which allows sound cleansing and more advanced audio editing

Minimum System Requirements: 

PC -

• Requires Windows 2000, XP, Vista and 7
• 512MB RAM
• USB 2.0

Mac-

• Requires free download from Audacity website

Q: Can I download instructions for this product?
A: Yes, you can download a PDF copy of the instructions for this product by clicking here

Q: Is there a customer service phone number I can call for assistance?
A: The Neostar Electronics Customer Service number is 0871 590 5911

Q: How easy is it to install AudCap?
A: It is extremely easy to install AudCap. You simply need to follow 4 simple steps:
- Step 1: Connect your existing tape or record player to Audio Capture
- Step 2: Connect Audio Capture to your computer using the USB lead supplied
- Step 3: Transfer your music to your computer using the provided software
- Step 4: Enjoy your music on your MP3 player or burn to CD

Q: Do I need to install drivers before using this audio capture device?
A: The Audio Capture device doesn’t need any driver installation, as the Windows Operating System will install the driver automatically.

Q: How do I get it to work with a Mac?
A: You can download a software update to allow the provided Audacity software to work with a Mac. Please click here

Q: I cannot connect the Audio Capture to my record player / tape deck?
A: You may need to also use a ‘male-to-male’ RCA lead which is supplied with your audio capture.

Q: How do use the ‘Effects’ within the ‘Audacity’ software?
A: To use the ‘Effects’ functions provided in the drop-down menus on Audacity software (such as noise removal or bass boost), you need to select the portion of your recorded music to be changed – to do this ‘click, hold and drag’ with your left mouse key the section of music from the horizontal time bar found in the Audacity window (on screen). Then simply select ‘Effect’ from the top menu and choose your desired effect.

Q: Does Audio Capture work with Windows 7?
A: Yes

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Worked perfectly. Instructions clear.
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Received intact and ahead of time!
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Straightforward set-up using CDROM and instructions supplied. Quick try-out worked fine, and reading of online guide suggests endless possibilities. I'm looking forward to exploring these.
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the goods were as it said on the box and served my purpose perfectly.Thi is ideal for no nonsence tranefering of music to my computer
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This product is fantastic! No need now to download all my favourite oldies; I can just play and record them. The quality is superb.
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Have only used it once but seems to do the job perfectly well
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Easy to use - worked straight away - good qulaity
Mark Bass, Chelmsford

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Very easy to install and use. But the associated help files were weak. Went to Audacity website and downloaded the latest Beta version which was far better. Could almost have come in a Ronseal can.
Nicholas Burns, Southampton

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VERY GOOD PRODUCT IT DOES WHAT IT PROMISES , LOADS WITH NO PROBLEMS [ MAKE SURE YOU SET IT TO STERIO NOT MONO ] VERY PLEASED.
Anthony Conquest, Dunstable

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All I needed to do was transfer my cassette tapes to MP3 mode and I Found the product very easy to use I am now asking around to borrow a Record Player to transfer my vinyl.
Margaret Smith, Moore, Warrington

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The product works well but the whole process is not exactly easy. There is a lot of changing wires and plugs when recording music to the computer hard drive. The instruction manual is clear except for the diagrams on how to connect the cables between the recorder and the computer. As this is one of the vital parts of the process I would have thought it merited more than very small and poorly printed diagrams. There were a lot of cables in the box I presume one set are just extensions - although nothing is said about them in the instructions - and there is an additional plug supplied and I don't know what it is for although it talks about male to male connections - which I don't understand. So, overall a better explanation of the plug-in set up would be useful as we are not all audiophiles. [T2 Direct Response] - We have now uploaded a set-up and troubleshooting guide (FAQs), which should hopefully help with any issues that may arise.
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the product was very easy to install and great value for money
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Very good gadget. Could of done with instructions on how to use Audacity but once sorted out with common sense it was really easy. [T2 Direct Response] More information on Audacity software is now available within the FAQs section.
Alison Brown, Littlehampton

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No problems as yet. Good to hear all the old vinyls from when we were kids.
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Great product, delivered quickly and does exactly what it says on the box. Could maybe do with more comprehensive instructions on editing out distortion from well-played analogue songs, but generally extremely happy with it.
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Would have been 5 stars, but couldn't get it to connect to Vista O/S, so had to connect to another PC with XP!
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very easy to use, high quality recording sound, the free audacity software is everything everybody has ever said about it, easy to set up and so many features.
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Excellent piece of equipment
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Excellent product. It does everything I wanted and expected it to do. Good value for money.
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Easy to use,well worth the money.
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Hardware OK, problems with software. Unable to produce MP3 files.Had to create wav files and convert.
Terry Johnston, Nantwich

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Does just what I want it to, capturing music from a good turnable/ tone arm/ cartridge combination, with an end-to-end process for converting to MP3, incorporating in my I-Tunes library, and backing up. Some minor niggles with the software, hence 4 star rating rather than 5. Higher fidelity bit rates should be offered. The process for converting a vinyl album to MP3 could be smoother; the need to assign individual track names and track numbers by entering file properties after exporting to MP3 is tedious. Lack of an on-line manual; possibly there are answers to all the above, but I couldn't find them in Help. I am sure I am not using this software to its full capabilities.
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Great product, very easy to use at a good price
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