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| Thread ID: 30151 | 2003-02-11 23:12:00 | Analogue tape to disc | spoonz (3150) | Press F1 |
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| 120417 | 2003-02-14 04:40:00 | Yes Neil, that is where the network comes in. VERY handy! ;-) :-) | Susan B (19) | ||
| 120418 | 2003-02-14 06:40:00 | Not a problem Susan. and thanks to all who offered advice. No, I haven't tried it yet - I have around 40 hours of original music masters & demo's on 10" reels of 1/4" tape, which are quietly decomposing. So it's a long put off project that I'm building up the courage to tackle, before it's too late ! Thanks again to all. | spoonz (3150) | ||
| 120419 | 2003-02-15 02:22:00 | Was reading through the answers on this one and for a novice like me they sound great but complicated. I had asked Don McAllister of the "Inbox" at the NZ Herald (before the thread started) how to do this and his response was: " Firstly you’ll need an adapter to plug from your cassette player to the input of your sound card Secondly you have to record that sound using “sound recorder” (a component provided with windows that’s found in Start/Programs/Accessories/Entertainment) Save the recorded file on your hard-drive & transfer it to CD (use the option in your writing software to make it an audio file so it can be read in any CD player)." Is that simpler or is it just that it will not give as good results ? ?:| |
Misty (368) | ||
| 120420 | 2003-02-15 03:05:00 | Misty, that is what I was asking roofus about -- whether the recording program used made any difference to the quality of the result . He says it doesn't matter so if you want to use Windows' sound recorder that will be fine . I do like the one that CYaBro recommended though, so have a look at that . Chill recommended GoldWave which has more options but is a bit more than I can handle at the moment . I like being able to run the entire side of the tape and then edit it into tracks rather than record each track separately, and CD Wave Editor does that so easily . The best bit is that it automatically saves the original recording so if you stuff up the editing you can start all over again . I am about to transfer my favourites over to CD now that I have enough to fill one . :-) If you have any more questions just ask because I am nearly an expert now . ;-) :p :D |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 120421 | 2003-02-15 03:19:00 | Maybe wrong, but I thought Sound Recorder only recorded 60 seconds worth of sound? | Terry Porritt (14) | ||
| 120422 | 2003-02-15 04:01:00 | Thanks Susan - I seem to have been a bit slow. I will try the one that CYaBro mentioned - I have had a look at the website - $US15 is not bad - ie $NZ27. I will wait for No 1 son to come around as backup. :8} Will also try Sound Recorder - but will keep in mind Terry Porritt's caution. B-) |
Misty (368) | ||
| 120423 | 2003-02-15 06:19:00 | I have to agree with Chilling.. As a long time HiFi addict, I've had excellent sound systems to handle vinyl, tape, & Cd's. Now with the PC sound, I have setup a surround system, with subwoofer, especially for the soundcard output. In the main I use MP3's, and the sound is fantastic. Could be because I use MusicMatch for playing, ripping, & recording from any source, at any file type & any bitrate. Using MP3's keeps the file sizes reasonable. I really would recommend MusicMatch to everyone. It has all the sound options you wish, as above, together with CD burning from Mp3's & labeling. The music library is excellent for displaying & accessing all one's music. Sure it is a bit complicated, and needs some study of the excellent help option, but very worth while. The basic version is free. Some options are only available on the 'Plus' version costing about US$29.. Thoroughly recommended, and available from: http://www.musicmatch.com Best wishes..Bazza. |
Bazza (407) | ||
| 120424 | 2003-02-15 07:49:00 | Yes Bazza, I agree that MP3s are fantastic for music on your hard drive but you cannot play MP3s on normal CD players!!. Not on mine, anyway. Therefore I have to save my music as .wav files initially to put them on my CDs to play on my CD players that are not on my hard drive. The songs that will live on my hard drive will be converted to MP3s from those .wav files which will then get transferred to the CDs. End of story. |
Susan B (19) | ||
| 120425 | 2003-02-15 08:09:00 | Greetings Susan . Thanks for your comment . . No, it's not the end of story . With MusicMatch, there is no need to record as wav for burning audio cd's . All the MP3's you have, either from ripping cd's or from p2p, or recording from other sources, like vinyl or tape etc . ,will automatically be converted to the audio cda when burning, and so play on any cd player . Of course, they remain on your HDD as MP3's . You are so competitent with pc's & applications, I hope you will take the time to check out MusicMatch . You could be surprised . Best wishes . . Bazza . |
Bazza (407) | ||
| 120426 | 2003-02-15 08:30:00 | Thank you for that clarification Bazza. :-) A lot of people recommend MusicMatch and I downloaded it yesterday. Have not yet installed it as I do not like to install too many programs at once in case one gets the hiccups and I won't know which one. Will try it out soon. |
Susan B (19) | ||
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