At 11:17 PM -0600 09/08/2003, Frank Isackson wrote: >On Monday, September 8, 2003, at 08:50 PM, Charles Miller wrote: > >> I have a G4 Dual 867 (mirrors) with maxed memory and >> SuperDrive. I would LIKE to edit and transfer a number of >> very old tape recordings to CD thru the G4; however, I'm at >> a bit of a loss. What additional hardware and software >> would you all recommend for this project? Thanks for the >> reply! >> > From the audio out ports on your amplifier/receiver run a RCA (dual >plugs)-to stereo mini-plug-cable ($8.00). Connect the mini-stereo plug >to a Griffin iMic ($35.00). The iMic attaches to your USB port. > >To transfer the audio signal to your hard disk use Bias Peak LE >($100.00). (If you need to clean up the audio there's BIas' Sound Soap >but that's not essential.) You, no doubt, have Toast or Toast LE >already so with these items you're in business. You will need about >650MB of hard drive space for every 50 minutes of audio. > >Frank Isackson
I second the Griffin iMic and cable, but I do all the recording and editing with a cheaper program called Sound Studio by Felt Tip Software. You can download a two week fully working trial copy of Sound Studio off the Felt Tip website http://www.felttip.com/products/soundstudio/ and get a lot done with it before the trial expires (it only counts the days you use it). If you have a boombox with a tape player in it, you can plug in the cable from the iMac into the boombox's headset jack and play the audiotapes into your Mac for Sound Studio (or Peak or other such sound app) to record. You can play radio music into the Mac the same way. Or, if you want to record old records, plug that cable into the headset jack, speaker ports, or tape out ports (the best I think) of a record player/stereo amplifier and play the records into the Mac (you may need a cheap Radio Shack adapter(s) to be able to plug your stereo mini-cable into old equipmnt of that type, which has RCA-type jacks). Most Radio Shacks have knowledgeable people who can tell you what you need. After you've made and saved a recording in Sound Studio (or whatever), you can use its editing controls to clip out songs and save them separately, clean them up, make fade-ins and outs, etc. and then organize into collections to burn onto CDs (I use Toast for burning). Bias Peak probably does all the same stuff or more (since it costs more). I never used Sound Soap but I tried another noise filter program whose name I've forgotten right now but which I didn't buy because I didn't think it was worth the money. However if you have very old and scratchy records to record, some such program can filter out a lot of the noise, so they say. Anyway it sure is fun to collect all kinds of music from various sources and then make your own custom audio CDs with it. My mom still had a lot of the old records that I listened to as a little kid, and I recorded them into the Mac and burned them back out onto CDs for my little girl to listen to, and we made copies for her friends. From classical radio programs I've been able to collect all sorts of music and make, for example, CDs of just waltzes. "Oldies" radio stations are sources of old-time rock and roll, and I've made CDs of just Beach Boys, all Elvis (I.m showing my age), and so forth. I have also recorded very old Victrola records and made CDs of World War One songs etc. All it takes is the Griffin iMic connected to the Mac, some such program as Sound Studio, and a cable or two (possibly with adapters) to connect the iMic to whatever source of music you have. After you figure out how to work whatever recording/editing software you choose, it's easy and fun. You will enjoy it. Tom -- G-List is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... Small Dog Electronics http://www.smalldog.com | Refurbished Drives | -- We have Apple Refurbished Monitors in stock! | & CDRWs on Sale! | Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> G-List list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/g-list.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/g-list%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Mac? Free email & more at Applelinks! http://www.applelinks.com
