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| Thread ID: 42290 | 2004-02-06 11:00:00 | Have lots of great music on tape, want to know how to burn ont cd | buzzybee (1069) | Press F1 |
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| 213340 | 2004-02-06 20:32:00 | forget tapping into the speaker outputs jsut do as someone else suggested and run your 'output' from the headphone socket on the stereo to the 'line in' on th eputer............dont use the mic socket on the puter as this has a 'preamp' on the line and will make the input a bit too much for the sound card...... | drcspy (146) | ||
| 213341 | 2004-02-06 21:14:00 | There have been many threads on how to copy old music cassette tapes and LP albums on this forum. Some of them can be found here: Link 1 (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) Link 2 (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) Link 3 (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) Link 4 (pressf1.pcworld.co.nz) |
tommy (2826) | ||
| 213342 | 2004-02-06 21:38:00 | gidday buzzybee, to add to the information from the good folks here, if you plug into your headphone jack, on the stereo, pull the volumes right down, before playing anything, and move them up slowly while playing something. Media jukebox is great for in line recording as it sets volume, normalization, etc, automatically. read the help file, before attempting recording. It also has an editor, you will probably need to use this to boost the qualilty of the songs. A program called de popper, from www.download.com will help with eliminating tape hiss.You will need to experiment, to get the best result. Generally, your recording will only be as good as the quality of the tape, however with a bit of experience, and fiddling with the songs, the end result can be pretty good. cheers, Robby |
Robby (3123) | ||
| 213343 | 2004-02-06 22:24:00 | Hi Buzzy . Audiograbber is an excellent prog but I don't think it will allow you to edit your recordings unless you also have CoolEdit . A good FREE recorder/editor is Audacity . Good luck M . . . |
Martina (4232) | ||
| 213344 | 2004-02-07 09:53:00 | Hi, chill, ty for goldwave link, I will try it!; agent; Terry; Tony...will try audiograbber; dumdum... yes, I do have some great music!; drcspy; robby and martina; Thank you all for your input, I think I've learnt a little more and will follow up on the advice.... Will keep u posted (if you're interested!) Thanx ffolks! Buzz |
buzzybee (1069) | ||
| 213345 | 2004-02-07 21:23:00 | Ok here's what i did . I had a walkman (no voltage adapter inside: less noise on line), and took the headphone socket, plugged it into the microphone socket of my computer, adjusted both volume controls till they sounded right . . . and opened Sound Recorder . I knew the whole 60 second then stop thing would stop me, so i used the copy paste function in the program to extend it until about 7 minutes, (quite easy, burden on cpu tho) . I played on the walkman, and recorded on sound recorder, and stopped when the music stopped (naturally) . Then i used the Edit> Delete after current position tool to cut it, and saved it as another file . I had the 7 minute file as a template, so i could easily keep recording . |
Growly (6) | ||
| 213346 | 2004-02-08 06:04:00 | I guess you are being helpful Growly, but Buzzybee would find the recording applications already mentioned more satisfactory than MS recorder. In addition, for your information, and others, the use of the PC mic socket for this purpose is not recommended. The typical 3.5mm mini plugs/sockets have 3 connections. For stereo sound line in & line out, the connections are: Sleeve=earth. Tip=left audio channel. Ring=right audio channel. These same plugs/sockets are also used for connecting a mic to the soundcard. BUT the connections are very different in most soundcards. The typical PC mic is an electret mic, and requires a small DC voltage to operate. The 3 plug/socket connections are: Sleeve=earth. Tip=monaural audio Ring=DC voltage. And so you see the mic socket is unsuitable for stereo recording. It is only a monaural input, with an impedence mismatch, compared to linein/out, & also feeds the DC voltage into the right audio channel of the source walkman/player. This is true of most, but not all soundcards. |
Bazza (407) | ||
| 213347 | 2004-02-08 06:41:00 | I am aware that a may not be recommended, (thanks for the warning) but i had no other option (no line in). | Growly (6) | ||
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