Hi Netbat: What if you do not have a Line-in jack? I use my High Definition microphone, and if it sounds too distorted, I play with the boost settings and the volume of my cassette player and I manage to get a recording that is quite listenable, although maybe not as good as it could be. Kevin Huber
On 3/23/12, net bat <[email protected]> wrote: > if the casett is stereo you want to plug it into the line in on the computer > not the microphone jack. the microphone jack is mono. > i have used a shareware called golden records. > i do not know if it is still accessible or not. > it can automatically split songs while recording if there is a long enough > blank space between songs. > it will do any sound source connected to the sound card line in jack. > lp’s without a amplifier and a turntable,cassettes, reel to reel, 8 track > tape etc. it needs a andolog connection to the computer. > but it is not free. i think the trial works for 14 days. > http://www.nch.com.au/golden/index.html > > From: Kevin Huber > Sent: Friday, March 23, 2012 10:04 AM > To: gw-info > Subject: Re: how to go from tape to PC > > Hi Josh: > I use Audacity for to do that. > I plug a cable from the speaker or headphone jack of the casset > recorder to the microphone jack of the computer. > Then I set up Audacity to start recording from the microphone, put > Audacity into Record mode and start playing the tape. > When it is finished, I save the recording as n MP3 file. After it is > saved, I go back into Audacity to edit it as best I can. (note, the > editing is somewhat limited but it is good enough for my perposes.) > I hope this helps. > Kevin Huber > > > On 3/22/12, Josh Rivera <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hello friends, >> I realize this isn't a topic for our list, but I didn't know where else >> to go with this question. I'm trying to record a song from tape recorder >> to the PC, and I have a cable connected from the tape to the sound card >> of the PC. But I don't know how to get the song on to the PC. So if >> anyone out there has the answer, please write me off list. Using Win-XP >> home SP3, and WE 7.2. >> Thanks for any help you can provide. >> Josh >> ____________________________________________________________ >> 53 Year Old Mom Looks 33 >> The Stunning Results of Her Wrinkle Trick Has Botox Doctors Worried >> http://thirdpartyoffers.juno.com/TGL3141/4f6b486035a0560e5fm02vuc >> If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender >> only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is >> related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to >> [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. >> >> GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can >> manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. >> >> > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender > only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is > related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to > [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. > > GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can > manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv. > If you reply to this message it will be delivered to the original sender only. If your reply would benefit others on the list and your message is related to GW Micro, then please consider sending your message to [email protected] so the entire list will receive it. GW-Info messages are archived at http://www.gwmicro.com/gwinfo. You can manage your list subscription at http://www.gwmicro.com/listserv.
