Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital
Rick Archer wrote: It¹s working like a charm. I just bought a simple mono audio cable at Radio Shack and connected the headphone jack on my cheap $9 Wal-Mart tape recorder to the mic jack on the front of my PC. Using Audacity and with a little fiddling with the volume, it was easy to record, edit, and save as MP3s. Question: I can¹t hear what¹s being recorded as it¹s being recorded. I have to play it back to hear what I¹ve got. How can I hear as I¹m recording? You should be able to monitor the mic input. On your PC open Start-Entertainment-Volume Control make sure the settings are right. Also check the Preferences in Audacity. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Yahoo! Groups gets a make over. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/XISQkA/lOaOAA/yQLSAA/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/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital on 6/21/06 8:48 PM, Bhairitu at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Rick Archer wrote: Its working like a charm. I just bought a simple mono audio cable at Radio Shack and connected the headphone jack on my cheap $9 Wal-Mart tape recorder to the mic jack on the front of my PC. Using Audacity and with a little fiddling with the volume, it was easy to record, edit, and save as MP3s. Question: I cant hear whats being recorded as its being recorded. I have to play it back to hear what Ive got. How can I hear as Im recording? You should be able to monitor the mic input. On your PC open Start-Entertainment-Volume Control make sure the settings are right. Also check the Preferences in Audacity. got it. Using the line in jack instead of the microphone jack and tweaking a few preferences did the trick. __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Religion and spirituality Buddha shakyamuni Maharishi mahesh yogi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital
--- 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? You just need the right audio cable. Different Macs have different audio I/O, though, so you need to check the specific stuff. The PC tends to have more standard I/O on the low end. There's bunches of freeware/shareware that would do the trick on either platform. I'd ask on a platform-specific newsgroup. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Your favorite religious organization? Make a donation at Network for Good. http://us.click.yahoo.com/EOl1HB/LPaOAA/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/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital
On Jun 18, 2006, at 11:36 PM, Rick Archer wrote:Thanks. I don’t have an iPod and I’d 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?It will depend on the Mac you have. Most Macs will have an audio input which is a single 1/8" stereo miniplug. I digitized a lot of old tapes which were out of print and I went directly from the stereo RCA outputs of my cassette player to a 1/8 stereo miniplug I got at Radio Shack. Amadeus would work, but so would Garageband, which has a lot more sound modification options in it (Garageband 3). If you own Toast, you should also have an application which came with that which allows you to record from LP's and tapes and then split them into segments as you please. Amadeus will do the same thing. There is also a free MP3 editing utility, but I forget it's name--MP3 edit or something like that.If you don't have a sound input, then iMic is a good option--all it needs is a USB port. iMic also has software specifically for taking old tunes off of LP's and cassettes and then splitting them up. I got mine at Radio Shack for 30 USD. Hope that helps! __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Religion and spirituality Buddha shakyamuni Maharishi mahesh yogi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital
sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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). 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. Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Something is new at Yahoo! Groups. Check out the enhanced email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/jDk17A/gOaOAA/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/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.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. 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/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital
Cool, geek audio talk! I use a Motu digitizer into Sound Forge cuz I don't multi-track and only need two stereo mikes. I may move to Logic someday if I decide to go with more mikes. For live shows I use a stereo miked Sony mini disc recorder. The thing is tiny and holds a gig at CD quality. It is overkill for Rick's use but it works great. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, sparaig [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Bhairitu noozguru@ wrote: sparaig wrote: --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.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. 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/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital Its working like a charm. I just bought a simple mono audio cable at Radio Shack and connected the headphone jack on my cheap $9 Wal-Mart tape recorder to the mic jack on the front of my PC. Using Audacity and with a little fiddling with the volume, it was easy to record, edit, and save as MP3s. Question: I cant hear whats being recorded as its being recorded. I have to play it back to hear what Ive got. How can I hear as Im recording? __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Religion and spirituality Buddha shakyamuni Maharishi mahesh yogi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital
--- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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 ~-- Great things are happening at Yahoo! Groups. See the new email design. http://us.click.yahoo.com/iDk17A/hOaOAA/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/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital Thanks. I dont have an iPod and Id 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Im 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 mp3s of each separate rhythm Im 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? Id 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?)). __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Religion and spirituality Buddha shakyamuni Maharishi mahesh yogi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital
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/
Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital
Title: Re: [FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital on 6/18/06 10:42 PM, curtisdeltablues at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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? Not yet. So just a simple cable. The signal doesnt have to be converted in any way? What software can I use to chop the recording up into segments (separate rhythms Im learning)? __._,_.___ To subscribe, send a message to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/FairfieldLife/ and click 'Join This Group!' SPONSORED LINKS Religion and spirituality Buddha shakyamuni Maharishi mahesh yogi YAHOO! GROUPS LINKS Visit your group "FairfieldLife" on the web. To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. __,_._,___
[FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital
Have you ever used the PC recorder from your built-in computer mic? The line in uses the same system. But is may be too short a recording for your needs. To split it up you do need some audio editing software. I use Sound Forge but that is overkill for your needs here. There must be some shareware that does it. Not much help, sorry! --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/18/06 10:42 PM, curtisdeltablues at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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? Not yet. So just a simple cable. The signal doesn¹t have to be converted in any way? What software can I use to chop the recording up into segments (separate rhythms I¹m learning)? 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/
[FairfieldLife] Re: Converting analog audio to digital
Get Amadeus, first off. Then, a quick-n-dirty a/d converter is the iMic. I use a superior Edirol UA-1A connected to a mixing board. On your Mac, create a new user that has no haxies running. Run Amadeus from that personality so that your hard drive is as unbusy as possible while you are recording. You'll get the cleanest result if you can record onto a reformatted hard drive other than the one with your OS, ideally with 8M of ram cache. Normalize your Amadeus recording and then break it up into segments for conversion to separate mp3s. --- In FairfieldLife@yahoogroups.com, Rick Archer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: on 6/18/06 10:42 PM, curtisdeltablues at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 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? Not yet. So just a simple cable. The signal doesn¹t have to be converted in any way? What software can I use to chop the recording up into segments (separate rhythms I¹m learning)? Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ~-- Check out the new improvements in Yahoo! Groups email. http://us.click.yahoo.com/Lik1AB/fOaOAA/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/