--- In [email protected], Bhairitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > sparaig wrote: > > >--- In [email protected], 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. > > > Macs most likely have a 2K ohm mic input so they can be used with any > consumer computer microphone. If your experience in electronics goes > back a few decades you'll realize that is much lower than older high > impedance mics which were usually anything from 20K to 50K. And higher > than the professional balanced input 200-250 ohm low impedance. I find > that if they line output of a device doesn't work with the line-in it > will with the mic in but you have to attenuate the level a bit (usually > in the software). >
Sounds about right. ADHD that I am, I look up the specs, buy the right stuff and forget what exactly was needed since I only do it once per Mac or thereabouts. > Professional sound cards accommodate the balanced line in thought that > is usually handled by the mixing board. My card takes the line in from > my mixing board. But I use a PC as I had too much invested in software > to switch ships. Nowadays you can even get the DigiDesign stuff for the PC. > Nothing beats GarageBand, IMHO, on the low end. And Logic Pro is just about as good as it gets on the high end, as far as I can tell. ------------------------ 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/
