Audio to Digital

[Leon Roskilly]

How do you go about transferring from a tape cassete to digital audio file for attaching to emails etc?

 

Can it be done without buying a software package?

 

Tight Lines - leon

[Chippy]

Leon

 

Have a look in Windows > Accessories > Entertainment. There used to be an audio recorder program in there that recorded in .wav format.

 

I think you'll just need a lead to connect the tape deck to your line in on your soundcard.

 

Paul

[Elton]

Tape? You'll be asking about 78rpm vinyls next

[jeepster]

there is an audio recorder in windows, exactly where paul says it is! just use a line out of your tapeplayer, to the line in of your sound card.

[Leon Roskilly]

Thanks for the advice guys

 

Presumably I need a lead that goes from the tape player to the microphone input?

 

Tight Lines - leon

 

(ps This is so that we can distribute recordings regarding sea angling conservation by email rather than by sending audio tapes through the post)

[Jim Murray]

Leon - try a free program called CDex. I use it for all my MP3 encoding but I've also used it for the old vinyl - MP3 archiving process.

 

You can use it to record direct from an analog input and encode to MP3(which would be good for e-mailing) in one step.

 

You will need a lead to connect the tape deck to the line-in jack on your sound card, probably a 3.5mm. jack plug at either end.

 

Jim.

 

[ 16. April 2004, 06:10 PM: Message edited by: Jim Murray ]

[jeepster]

dont use the mic input leon, if its a line level output from the tape deck, you need to use a line level input otherwise the signal will be overloaded coming into your pc and will distort.

[chesters1]

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Tape? You'll be asking about 78rpm vinyls next

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easily done just connect your deck outs to your soundcards in and bobs your relation ,tape decks the same way ,i think the inbuilt sound recorder will only record 1min of sound but my creative audigy records unlimited and converts to wma or mp3 at a click

[Leon Roskilly]

jeepster:

dont use the mic input leon, if its a line level output from the tape deck, you need to use a line level input otherwise the signal will be overloaded coming into your pc and will distort.

Oh! does that mean opening up the box and finding the sound card?

 

TL - leon

[chesters1]

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Oh! does that mean opening up the box and finding the sound card

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no you should have at least 3 connectors on an even basic card mic,line in and spkr connect the line out from your deck to the line in on your card ,if you cannot hear anything through your pc speakers ypur line in channel may be muted, open your software that controls the card and see if it is ,open your recording software ,select where it will record from(line in) start your tape and hopefully sound will issue forth,you can record any audio in this fashion even from the tv ,a scart socket with an audio out can be purchased cheaply and you will nead a converter to connect the twin (left right) audio cables to the type your card line in uses,if its a stereo SEPERATE tape deck (rather than a battery type mobile one) you will need the same converter to connect the 2"outs" to the single line in

 

[ 16. April 2004, 06:59 PM: Message edited by: chesters1 ]