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This shield is not for the fastpaced beginner

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You can get it to work if you follow the directions and you should not expect to get this working the first day unless you are experienced

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Would have been faster but had to download the arduino ide and audacity on slow internet

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The kit arrives in pieces and needs to be soldered together

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Full instructions are available on the adafruit website

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Theyre not necessary but at the end you need to solder some jumper wires not included in place to connect the pins to the correct location on the board

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Looks like pin 13 is taken up for good by the shield and youd have to reprogram the library to change that

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I followed the instructions for formatting the sd card and ran the sample program