Hi Larry, If you are recording directly from a source that is normally controlled by an amplifier, then you would need the atenuated patch cord to keep from overdriving the soundcard. An example of this could be a direct audio output from a VCR, or stand-alone cassette deck. This is usually not a problem with portable cassette recorder/players. Just make sure that you match the cable to the type of player, i e, mono for mono, and stereo for stereo. Example: If you are recording from a stereo player, and you use a mono cable, you will only be getting one channel. As David has mentioned, how and what you intend to record will determine the software required for the job. Example: If you are going to recordan NLS tape for instance, there are two ways of doing this. 1. If you are going to record from a 4-track player such as those used for Talking Books, a simple audio recording program will do, but you will need to record each track as if you wer listening to the tape. 2. If you want to play the tape as a 2 track tape in the same recorder, or use another 2-track recorder, then you would use a program such as GoldWave to seperate, and reverse the tracks. Something worth mentioning here, if you are recording in mono such as lectures or someone just reading a book, then you do not need to record in stereo, and you should use a reduced sample rate, to minimize the size of the file. David can comment further on this as he has more experience with it than I. I would recommend listening to the audio tutorials for GoldWave on the audio page at: www.blind-computing.com These are very good tutorials and easy to follow. If you need more help, let us know. HTH, Richard Justice www.blind-computing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Larry Stansifer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 7:30 AM Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Transferring Cassette To PC Question
Rick, How do I determine if I need an attenuated patch cable? Regards Larry Stansifer Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Sun Tzu. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Ricque Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 6:32 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Transferring Cassette To PC Question Hi Donnie, Yes, it is possible. You need a cassette recorder that will accomodate the type of cassette, i e, 2 track or 4 track. You will need a patch cable from the player/recorder to your sound card on your computer. You can pickup one of these at somewhere like Radio Shack, and depending on your particular equipment, it may need to be an atenuated patch cord to avoid overdriving the soundcard And last but not least, you will need recording software such as GoldWave, for the recording, and plenty of hard drive space. HTH, Richard Justice www.blind-computing.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Donnie Parrett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Blind-Computing" <[email protected]> Sent: Thursday, June 28, 2007 3:02 PM Subject: [Blind-Computing] Transferring Cassette To PC Question Is it possible to transfer a cassette tape from a regular cassette tape recorder to my computer? If so, what all do I need and how do I do it? Contact me at: Donnie Parrett 1956 Asa Flat Road Annville, KY 40402 Home # 606-364-3321 Cell # 606-438-2557 Church # 606-364-PRAY Skype Name: Donnie1261 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- BEGIN-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS ------------------------------------------------------ Teach Infowest Spam Trap if this mail (ID 103881142) is spam: Spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=103881142&m=c3a1 dd58b58f&c=s Not spam: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=103881142&m=c3a1 dd58b58f&c=n Forget vote: https://spamtrap.infowest.com/canit/b.php?i=103881142&m=c3a1 dd58b58f&c=f ------------------------------------------------------ END-ANTISPAM-VOTING-LINKS Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Visit the Blind Computing List home page at: http://www.blind-computing.com Address for the list archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ To post to this group, send email to [email protected] To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For help from Mailman with your account Put the word help in the subject or body of a blank message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Use the following form in order to contact the management team http://www.blind-computing.com/contact.php If you wish to join the JAWS Users List send a blank email to the following address: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
