Re: [all-audio] Query about recording audio cassettes to mp3 via the pc

2020-02-04 Thread Curtis Delzer
I bet your speakers are just amplifying the sound from the cassette directly. Try plugging your cassette deck into the microphone / aux plug on your PC and hopefully a circuit in there will determine which to use e.g. you don't want microphone amplification on the high level of the cassette

Re: [all-audio] Query about recording audio cassettes to mp3 via the pc

2020-02-04 Thread Robin Frost
Hi,, Awww you made me smile. actually when I did try using the mic/line in jack on the desktop tower its resulting sound was hideous I mean awful which is what started this trek down the proverbial rabbit trail.  I spotted a reasonably priced sound blaster USB card which I consider purchasing

Re: [all-audio] Query about recording audio cassettes to mp3 via the pc

2020-02-04 Thread Robin Frost
Hi Steve, thank you for such a thoughtful reply.  I always try to exhaust all my own resources before yelling for help as it were. So I explored the settings very thoroughly and tried changing various things and then restoring to defaults to no avail. I thought at one time I'd gotten the Bose

Re: [all-audio] Query about recording audio cassettes to mp3 via the pc

2020-02-04 Thread Curtis Delzer
hi, you may have to use an output of the sound card for the speakers, since computers usually don't handle more than one audio USB at a time. Hopefully the sound card you wish to use has more than just a microphone input as such, or a facility for handling all you desire to use. Curtis

Re: [all-audio] Query about recording audio cassettes to mp3 via the pc

2020-02-04 Thread Steve Jacobson
Robin, It sounds like you are on the way to a solution, but it is not impossible that the input jacks on your Bose speakers might work. However, you will need to explore your sound settings when something is plugged into that jack. The fact that your speakers are USB speakers implies that

[all-audio] Virtual Recorder with Windows10 skips

2020-02-04 Thread Gerardo Corripio
I’ve been using for several years, Virtual Recorder, however with Windows10 when I play back the recordings, it skips all over the place! What setting would I need to change in order for the Virtual Recorder program to behave as it did as in the past with Windows7? I’ve an HP Pavilion if it

[all-audio] Query about recording audio cassettes to mp3 via the pc

2020-02-04 Thread Robin Frost
Hi, Firstly I'd like to apologize in advance if my question isn't the most clearly stated.  I used to be a smart girl but now suddenly I don't feel so anymore so when answering just assume I know nothing (laughs). It used to be that my desktop had a real dedicated sound card with tons of