I think you can use a line in cable that connects your headphone jack of your recorder, to the mic jack on your computer. You use your PC recorder to make a wave file. Most computer soundcards can record.It will be a wave file though so you need a converter if you need it to be MP3. But for your purpose of listening to it on computer that wont matter. Has Vaj weighed in on this?
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Thanks. I don¹t have an iPod and I¹d rather no buy one. Can I just go to > Radio Shack and buy something that would let me patch my cheap tape recorder > into my Mac or PC? If I accomplished that step, what software would I need > to edit the audio tracks? QuickTime? Garage Band? Something else on the PC? > > on 6/18/06 9:09 PM, sparaig at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com <mailto:FairfieldLife%40yahoogroups.com> > > , Rick Archer <groups@> wrote: > >> > > >> > I¹m taking tabla lessons and I record them. How can I patch a regular > >> analog > >> > tape recorder into my Mac or PC so as to create mp3¹s of each separate > >> > rhythm I¹m studying? What hardware and software do I need? Would I be > >> better > >> > off getting a digital tape recorder? Can in iPod serve as a digital tape > >> > recorder? I¹d prefer to just use a regular tape recorder, as high fidelity > >> > is not a priority. > >> > > > > > You can use an iPod to record audio. It's not exactly great sound (its meant > > for taking > > memos), but it can be done. The main advantages are that its relatively cheap > > ($30 for the > > microphone and no other equipment needed) and it plugs straight into a Mac or > > PC via the > > firewire/USB iPod link and iTunes software. > > > > With any other solution, you need either an audio connector from the tape > > recorder to the > > audio-in jack or jacks with the right voltage/ohm rating, or a USB/firewire > > connector. > > Most/all modern tape recorders come with one or more of these though the Mac's > > microphone input may not be the consumer standard since Apple designs often > > assume > > that professional equipment is being used. You can also get USB/MIDI > > converters, etc. > > > > If you already have an iPod, I'd get the belkin microphone (or whatever else > > is available) > > and see if that suits your needs since it's plug and play and one-step to get > > it to work > > (iTunes will automatically upload any new audio files you've created on the > > iPod when you > > plug it into your Mac (or PC?)). > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> See what's inside the new Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Hik1AB/bOaOAA/i1hLAA/UlWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
