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| 630066 | 2008-01-13 22:46:00 | Hi Guys I have a lot of audio tapes recorded of me, by me, that I would like to copy to my PC. I no longer have a cassette player. Can anyone recommend a machine I can buy with some audio outputs ? Or can you use the headphone jack ? Regards Digby |
Digby (677) | ||
| 630067 | 2008-01-13 23:19:00 | Hi I noticed recently that thereis not a cassette player that you can install directly inside your computer, ill see if I can find a link |
superoman (6703) | ||
| 630068 | 2008-01-13 23:44:00 | www.maplin.co.uk www.engadget.com www.sportzone.org.nz Try these sites. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 630069 | 2008-01-14 00:09:00 | I have used a Panasonic mini stereo with RCA outputs to connect to the PC, to transfer tapes. You need a twin type connector for the RCA stereo plugs and the PC's sound card input. (Buy from DSE NZ). I used a trial version of music match to record the tapes to mp3, but you may be able to use the free Audacity to record. I have also used the headphones (if no RCA outputs on the stereo), and sometimes you get a tinny type effect (depending on the tape's source) - and often I had to spend time to add reverb, apply noise reduction, and amplification to improve the quality. Remember to record to both channels, and maybe add a bit of amplification so that you get decent sound or music on both the L/H and R/H speakers... |
kahawai chaser (3545) | ||
| 630070 | 2008-01-14 10:27:00 | Interesting replies so far Digby , if you have no cassette player - how will you play these tapes back at all ? Kahawai chaser has posted good info . If possible use an RCA [ from a tape deck] to 3 . 5mm cable to connect to the Line in of your Sound Card eg . dse . co . nz/cgi-bin/dse . storefront/478b3612002c81a8273fc0a87f3306ba/Product/View/C1240" target="_blank">www . dse . co . nz Or you can can use the headphone output of a tape player to your soundcard with a 3 . 5 mm to 3 . 5 mm cable - results mayn't sound quite as good tho . I've made a couple of CD's using an old Sony Walkman tape player n they sound ok . Be watchful of the input/ recorder levels - digital distortion ain't pretty ie don't set record levels too high I use Audiograbber to record the audio via line in http://www . audiograbber . com-us . net/ And it's fine by me - bit of background noise . . . I record as WAV then convert into whatever format [ eg MP3] is required . Or just burn the WAVs as an audio CD Good Luck!! |
KatiMike (242) | ||
| 630071 | 2008-01-14 18:34:00 | Thanks Guys I will try to look out for a tape deck with RCA plugs. Regards Digby |
Digby (677) | ||
| 630072 | 2008-01-15 05:55:00 | I was in The Warehouse this afternoon buying a late Xmas present and looked at their cassette decks. I was hoping to get a reasonable brand with RCA plugs on the back. I could not see one ! - bugger. Then I saw a unit with the RCA brand on it ! and guess what - no RCA plugs on the back ! Regards Digby |
Digby (677) | ||
| 630073 | 2008-01-15 06:13:00 | You well be very hard pressed to find a decent cassette player with RCA plugs on them these days. Cheap Warehouse ones won't have them. What you need to be looking for is a cassette deck that is a seperate stereo component which again you well be hard pressed to find a new one. Try looking on trademe for a second hand one. www.trademe.co.nz :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 630074 | 2008-01-15 07:00:00 | I found the link to an internal audio cassette drive. See below plusdeck.co.kr This or a similar brand was listed in a pc world mag a few months ago superoman |
superoman (6703) | ||
| 630075 | 2008-01-15 08:00:00 | I've found a quick way to do this is to use my Home Theatre DVD Recorder to record the audio on a DVD-RW, then use an audio ripper to rip the soundtrack to my HDD. Just a different way of achieving the same result :) | davehartley (3487) | ||
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