Morning Steven,
On 1 Nov 2004, at 7:31am, Steven wrote:
Hoping one of the keen audio techs can give me a hint or two please?
I have an old audio cassette, the track on which I want to turn into a
digital file for burning to CD, DVD, etc.
At my disposal I have a 17" 1.5GHz Powerbook running 10.3.5.
I also have a Sony MiniDV Handycam DCR TRV17E. I thought the an
obvious 1st
step would be to connect the Handycam to the Powerbook via S-Video
cable.
I also have a c1982 vintage Technics RS-M205 tape deck on which to
play the
audio cassette. It has a couple of pairs of what I think are called RCA
plugs coming out of the back, labelled Line In and Line Out. There's
also
another odd looking port labelled REC/PLAY, with whatever plug that
feeds
into it being about a centimetre diameter - I doubt that I'd have a
plug for
this anyway.
Presumably I take the RCA plugs at the end of the Line Out cord
(coming from
the tape deck) and plug them into something else - unfortunately the
Handycam lacks RCA jacks. (I do have what I think's called an A/C
connecting
cable, with a single jack into the Handycam at one end and three RCA
plugs
at the other end for connecting to a VCR).
So can I use an amp or DVD player as a link between the tape deck and
Handycam? Or do I bypass the Handycam altogether?
I have a NAD C 340 Stereo Integrated Amplifier
<http://207.228.230.231/manual/NAD-C340.pdf>, and a Panasonic DVD-K45
DVD/CD
Player <http://www.impax.com.au/dvdk45.html>.
Any tips appreciated!
Many thanks...Steven
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Play the tape through a tape deck of which you have described
connecting a Audio RCA male (usually two plugs red & white) to mini
jack ( Small headphone plug) into your PB via the LINE IN connection on
the left hand side of PB being the second along this side.
On the tape deck the cable will be connected to the line out side of
which their should be a red & white female RCA or could be labelled
left & right. Go to System Preferences and open sound click on line in
and while tape is playing adjust the levels.
As you have not suggested what software for configuring the audio I
would suggest downloading wiretap (free) from Ambrosia software this
will record any sound playing through any device and save to your
desktop, just go through preferences to set-up specifics. But, make
sure file is being saved as 48 khz 16 bit stereo aiff then import into
iTunes to create CD I would suggest maybe recording different
songs/sounds as different files to allow compilation simplicity.
If you want editing capabilities of audio iMovie should be on PB this
will allow some minor editing, otherwise their are many options ie
Peak, FCPHD just depends on what you have at disposal or if it is an
ongoing scenario their are trial versions available, so you can find an
appropriate package?
http://www.ambrosiasw.com/news/
PS: install X11 and their is a vast array of Unix/Linux audio software
available also check versiontracker for Mac specific.
Cheers!
Rob Davies
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