Hi Rick, You are quite welcome. I hope that it will help someone. Let me know if I can be of any further help.
Lennie At 06:18 PM 6/29/2007, you wrote: >Hi Lennie, >I'll hold on to this. >Thanks, >Richard Justice >www.blind-computing.com >----- Original Message ----- >From: "Lennie Rinaldi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >To: <[email protected]> >Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 2:16 PM >Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Transferring Cassette To PC Question > > >Hi Rick and David, > >You are right. The tutorial do cover recording procedures, but if I >remember, it only covers recording with a microphone. > >Below are the questions to Chris of GoldWave and his answers. I was >asking him some basic questions on how to record LPs with GoldWave. >The same procedures can be used for tapes. I think that the recording >level should be properly set for a good recording. Incidentally, the >output will be in WAV format which can be converted to MP3. > >If I can be of any further help with this particular subject, please >contact me. I am still new at this though. > >Lennie > >Lennie wrote: > >Q: The question I have, is there any way that I can adjust the recording >level when I set up my LPs? > >A: You can turn on the "Monitor input" option in GoldWave (press F11, >Record tab). That will monitor the input levels even when you are >not recording. > >If a screen reader is active, then the recording and playback levels >are given numerically with the elapsed time and status. They are the >percent values >given at the end. You need to hold down the Ctrl key for a while to >update the numerical levels, which are peak values. Releasing and >pressing the Ctrl >key again resets the values and scans for new peak levels. Adjust >the volume level (press F11, Volume tab) so that the loudest peaks >are about 90% to >95%. > >Chris > >Lennie wrote: > >Q: I still cannot hear any volume level when I play sound in line-in... > >A: Are you able to read the elapsed time and status? > >When you run GoldWave, two windows appear: the Main window and the >Control window. The elapsed time is given on the Control window. If >you press Alt+F6, >focus should change between the Main window and the Control >window. Do that first. > >Once focus is in the Control window, you can use the Tab key to move >between the buttons, faders, and the elapsed time box. It should >read "Stop 0.0 (0% >0%)". That is the status, elapsed time, and percent levels. > >Chris > >Lennie wrote: > >Q: However, I have the line-in volume set at 95 and the percentage in >the control area showed a very low percentage like 16%. I do not see >the relationship >between the actual recording level between the two... > >A: Unfortunately that is normal. There is no exact relationship >between the volume level setting and the actual input level because >there are many variables. >Holding the Ctrl key for a longer period of time may find higher >peaks. Try playing the loudest part of the LP and holding the Ctrl >key during that time. >If the peak level is consistently lower than 50%, you'll need to >increase volume levels either externally or in the program. To avoid >distortion the level >should never hit 100% or more. > >If you haven't done so, enable the "Monitor input" option (press F11, >Record tab). That will allow you to scan the input level with the >Ctrl key without >having to start a test recording. > >Chris > >Lennie wrote: > >Q: I noticed that 0.0 is the elapsed time, but what is the difference >between the first percentage and the second percentage? > >A: The first one is the left channel level and the second is the right. > >Q. When I hold the control key down, am I supposed to hear Jaws >telling me anything or does it just change the peak and I have to get >Jaws tell me the percentages? > >A: JAWS probably wouldn't tell you anything. When you hold the Ctrl >key, GoldWave scans the input for the maximum amplitude and updates >the percent levels. >You'd have to make JAWS re-read the levels. > >Q. How do I tell when the peak is reached? You mentioned 90% - 95% > >A: The percent values are always the highest peak levels. In other >words, they are the maximum levels that GoldWave could find while you >where holding the >Ctrl key. Whether or not they are the maximum peak levels of the >entire song is a different question. You'd have to hold down the >Ctrl key for the entire >song to find those. > >After recording a song you could use the "Effect | Volume | Maximize >Volume" command to scan the entire recording to determine what the >peak values are, >which might be easier than holding the Ctrl key for several >minutes. Ideally the maximum levels should be above 0.9 but less than 1.0. > >Chris > >Lennie wrote: > >Q: I noticed that the highest reading at 58 was 54% in the right >channel. I think that what you are telling me is that is too low? Right? > >A: Right. If you can set the recording volume a bit higher, that >would be better. > >Chris > >Lennie wrote: > >Q: You mentioned that the maximum should be above .9 but less than 1. >Where do I find this information? > >A: When you use the Maximize Volume effect, the window displays the >maximums as amplitudes and as dB in parenthesis in the "Current >maximum" area. The Narrator >accessibility accessory reads the values, so JAWS shouldn't have any >trouble reading them too. > >After recording, the maximum should be around 0.9 for a good input >volume level. It does not matter if it is a bit less, but it should >not be 1.0. That >would mean the input volume is too high and there could be some >clipping distortion. It would be best to redo the recording in that >case after lowering >the input volume slightly. > >Chris > >Lennie wrote: > >Q: When I went into the control window, I did tab, but the status box >was nowhere to be found... > >A: The status box should be after the Speed fader when tabbing >between controls. If it is not there, maybe GoldWave did not detect >that your screen reader >was running. That needs to be running before your start GoldWave. > >Chris > > >At 01:06 PM 6/29/2007, you wrote: > >Hi Lennie, > >You are correct, setting the volume wasn't specifically addressed on the > >list, > >but I believe it was covered in one of the GoldWave tutorials on the > >website. > >Thanks for sharing with the list, that's what makes this thing work so > >well. > >I look forward to hearing from you with your follow-up posts. > >Thanks, > >Richard Justice > >www.blind-computing.com > >----- Original Message ----- > >From: "Lennie Rinaldi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 11:03 AM > >Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Transferring Cassette To PC Question > > > > > >Hello David and Rick, > > > >I would like to add another thing about recording tapes and records to the > >PC. > > > >I have done a lot of recordings of my record albums and done one from > >my tape deck with another software called Dart XP. It is accessible > >with Jaws except for editing. I don't recommend it because it is more > >expensive and hard to use. That's why I prefer GoldWave. > > > >I am still in the process of learning to record with GoldWave, but I > >want to point out one important fact about recording music which was > >not mentioned here. > > > >You will have to set up the proper volume level for recording > >otherwise you may end up with distortion in the final output. I have > >not heard any tutorial on how to set up the recording level with > >GoldWave. The developer of GoldWave (Chris) has replied to my > >numerous questions on how to do this correctly. It is sort of time > >consuming and tedious. I in no way trying to discourage anybody from > >doing this. > > > >As soon as I can get a handle on the proper procedure to set up the > >volume level, I will share it with the group. > > > >I will follow up with another Email to the list some of the > >information that I received from Chris later today. > > > >Just trying to help. > > > >Lennie > > > >At 09:02 AM 6/29/2007, you wrote: > > >Rick is correct about the special cable to use if recording off a direct > > >sound out put such as an ear phone jack. I didn't think to mention that > > >since I have never done it that way at all but I do know some folks who > > >do. > > >Now that will work for simple voice where sound quality isn't a premium, > > >but > > >for music you must be very careful as it has a tendency to mess up the > > >final > > >product. Just my opinion on that last of course, some people like > > >recording > > >that way. Myself I always record from the jacks in the rear of a tape > > >deck > > >that are normally designed to feed a stereo amplifier. Those jacks will > > >feed > > >a computer's sound card perfectly just like they do a home stereo system. > > >As > > >always if there's anything else just give a yell, interestingly enough > > >although I haven't done this for a while I did do some recording > > >yesterday > > >using the method I've previously outlined. > > >David Ferrin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >----- Original Message ----- > > >From: "Ricque" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >To: <[email protected]> > > >Sent: Friday, June 29, 2007 8:32 AM > > >Subject: Re: [Blind-Computing] Transferring Cassette To PC Question > > > > > > > > >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? 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