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by ginlane
Wed Jan 15, 2020 12:56 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Audio quality is reduced when converting
Replies: 8
Views: 1005

Re: Audio quality is reduced when converting

Hi, DVDdoug, thanks for your information on copyright in YouTube. The thing is, the songs my mother would sing are pretty old, were not talking about modern stuff that people are gonna get their knickers in a twist about. I'll be careful, but I don't imagine it will be a problem
by ginlane
Tue Jan 14, 2020 5:00 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Audio quality is reduced when converting
Replies: 8
Views: 1005

Audio quality is reduced when converting

Hi there, I’m Gin. Please, if possible, could I get some simple, non-jargon help. My mum died in May, she was a singer. We have many cassette tapes of her singing, which many in our local area would love to hear, so I came up with a plan. I would digitize the cassettes using Audacity audio software ...
by ginlane
Wed Jan 01, 2020 12:14 am
Forum: Windows
Topic: Problems digitising cassette tapes
Replies: 0
Views: 502

Problems digitising cassette tapes

Hi there, I’m desperate for someone to help me to figure out what I’m doing wrong. I’m attempting to convert some old cassette tapes of my mum singing to digital for my family using Audacity. I’ve looked at a bunch of YouTube videos on the subject but I seem to be doing something wrong. I’m not sure...
by ginlane
Mon Dec 30, 2019 3:20 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Laptop won't pick up the signal?
Replies: 2
Views: 245

Re: Laptop won't pick up the signal?

I have corrected one photo and added two more
by ginlane
Mon Dec 30, 2019 2:26 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Laptop won't pick up the signal?
Replies: 2
Views: 245

Laptop won't pick up the signal?

Hi there, my mum was a professional singer who died recently, for sentimental reasons I decided to convert a bunch of old cassettes on which she was singing to digitise them and then clean the sound up for family and friends etc. So I started this job in May and got half of them done using a cassett...
by ginlane
Sun Dec 29, 2019 5:49 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: No Stereo Mix - Windows 10
Replies: 1
Views: 382

No Stereo Mix - Windows 10

Hi there, I just bought a laptop, it has Windows 10 pre-installed. Unfortunately when I open up the Control Panel sound utility, under the recording tab it does not show stereo mix, it’s not disabled either, it’s simply not there, and there does not seem to be any way to get it to become available. ...
by ginlane
Fri Jun 07, 2019 8:20 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Problem with digitising old audio cassettes
Replies: 2
Views: 126

Re: Problem with digitising old audio cassettes

An extra photo of my current Audacity Settings
by ginlane
Fri Jun 07, 2019 8:11 pm
Forum: Windows
Topic: Problem with digitising old audio cassettes
Replies: 2
Views: 126

Problem with digitising old audio cassettes

Hello, I’m attempting to digitise some old audio cassettes of my mother singing, A task I have had no problem achieving on my old laptop which runs Windows 7 (sadly this laptop is not readily available to be used right now) I’m currently using my dad’s HP laptop which uses Windows 10. (Note: The oth...